Saturday, April 26, 2014

‘Committing a war crime’: HRW calls for Israel to stop shooting at Gaza civilians...

Human Rights Watch has called for Israel’s militia to stop shooting at Palestine civilians in Gaza, citing the shooting of civilians including a disabled woman and a high school student having a picnic.

There have been 4 deaths and some 60 injuries since the beginning of this year based on UN statistics

“Month after month, Israeli forces have wounded and killed unarmed Palestinians who did nothing but cross an invisible, shifting line that Israel has drawn inside Gaza’s perimeter,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch in a statement published on the organization’s website.

“It’s appalling that soldiers have shot men, women, and children apparently for simply crossing a line,” Whitson said.

 The US-based human rights group conducted research into seven separate incidents between the New Year and March 1 during which Israeli troops unleashed gunfire in the vicinity of the fence. Among the dead were a high school student was killed while picnicking and an intellectually disabled woman who had lost her way. Full story...

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