Eat the Rich
14th September 2009, 07:08
A report by B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights group, shows that 1,387 Palestinians were killed during Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip last December and January. More than half of them, 773, were civilians, and 290 were under 17 years of age.
These findings, which were carefully crosschecked, flatly contradict the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), which claimed that 1,166 Gazans were killed in the conflict, of whom 709 were militants from Hamas and other groups opposed to Israel, 295 civilians, with 89 of them under age 16.
B’Tselem’s figures confirm numerous other estimates that Israel’s offensive against a largely unarmed and defenceless population killed about 1,400 people, the majority of them civilians, including 400 women and children, injured at least 5,000 people, and destroyed 21,000 homes. The Israeli siege left the territory in ruins, with more than half of Gaza’s 27 hospitals and 44 clinics damaged by Israeli bombs, according to the World Health Organisation.
The one-sided nature of the conflict is emphasised by the 13 Israelis killed during the whole campaign. Six died in the fighting and a further four soldiers were killed by friendly fire. Three civilians in Israel died when they were hit by rockets launched from Gaza.
full article on:http://wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/gaza-s14.shtml
These findings, which were carefully crosschecked, flatly contradict the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), which claimed that 1,166 Gazans were killed in the conflict, of whom 709 were militants from Hamas and other groups opposed to Israel, 295 civilians, with 89 of them under age 16.
B’Tselem’s figures confirm numerous other estimates that Israel’s offensive against a largely unarmed and defenceless population killed about 1,400 people, the majority of them civilians, including 400 women and children, injured at least 5,000 people, and destroyed 21,000 homes. The Israeli siege left the territory in ruins, with more than half of Gaza’s 27 hospitals and 44 clinics damaged by Israeli bombs, according to the World Health Organisation.
The one-sided nature of the conflict is emphasised by the 13 Israelis killed during the whole campaign. Six died in the fighting and a further four soldiers were killed by friendly fire. Three civilians in Israel died when they were hit by rockets launched from Gaza.
full article on:http://wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/gaza-s14.shtml