From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Palestine: Israeli military killed innocent civilians - report - Ananova Israeli military killed innocent civilians - report - Ananova ====================================== The Israeli army has needlessly killed many civilians over the past week, an Israeli human rights group says. The incursions into six Palestinian towns have caused a shortage of food in a number of places. In addition, Israeli troops have struck hospitals and schools, the B'tselem group says in a report. The incursions are part of Israel's escalated military response to the killing of an Israeli Cabinet minister on October 17. "Security justifications cannot excuse a widespread assault on hundreds of thousands of civilians," B'tselem said. "An indiscriminate assault on this scale constitutes collective punishment, forbidden under international law." The army rejects the accusations, insisting that it was operating only out of security considerations to prevent Palestinian militants from carrying out attacks in Israel. An army spokesman says Israeli forces weren't trying to hit civilians, saying many had been caught in the crossfire or hit by Palestinian fire. The report cited three instances of what it called "negligent treatment toward harming civilians." In one case, Riham Wared, 10, was killed when her school in the West Bank city of Jenin was shot at on October 18, the day the Israeli incursions began. *Middle East troubles story sent by Ananova See this story on the web at http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_433424.html _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
