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Red Cross demands Gaza access, cites 'shocking' discoveries
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* Red Cross: Workers found weak kids with dead mothers during trip into
Gaza City
* Team found wounded people, corpses, Red Cross says
* Red Cross official: Israeli military didn't help the wounded
* International Committee of the Red Cross demands access to Gaza
(CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Israel to allow
it immediate access to Gaza, saying a trip into Gaza City revealed weak
children laying with their dead mothers and other "shocking" scenes.
Red Cross workers and four ambulances from the Palestine Red Crescent Society
managed to enter the Zaytun neighborhood of Gaza City on Wednesday, according
to a written release. The crew found four children, too weak to stand, next to
their dead mothers in a house containing 12 corpses, the statement says.
Other houses revealed more wounded and three more corpses, the release said. It
said Israeli soldiers posted near the houses ordered the rescue team to leave
the area -- an order the team refused.
"This is a shocking incident," said Pierre Wettach, the ICRC's chief official
for Israel and the Palestinian territories. "The Israeli military must have
been aware of the situation but did not assist the wounded. Neither did they
make it possible for us or the Palestine Red Crescent to assist the wounded."
A spokesman for Israel's military said early Thursday that the Red Cross's news
release was the first he had heard of the alleged incident. Speaking after
midnight, the spokesman said he was unsure if Israel has received a formal
request to investigate.
"We do make every effort and our soldiers do put themselves at risk" to help
wounded civilians, the spokesman told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
The Red Cross release said the children and other wounded were taken to
ambulances in a donkey cart because earth walls erected by Israeli soldiers
made it impossible for the ambulances to reach their neighborhood. VideoWatch
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It said the group was told more wounded people were in the neighborhood, and
demanded that Israel grant it and the Red Crescent immediate access and safe
passage to search for them.
The Israeli spokesman said the military has established a 24-hour liaison to
maintain contacts with humanitarian organizations.
The Israeli military operation in Gaza has killed at least 680 people and
injured more than 3,000 since it launched December 27, Palestinian medical
sources said Wednesday. Thirty percent of the deaths are women and children,
according to the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,
citing statistics released Tuesday by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Seven Israeli soldiers and three civilians have been killed since the
operation, the Israeli military reported.
Israel says the purpose of the operation is to stop Hamas militants from firing
rockets from Gaza into southern Israel.
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