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'- This is not war, its massacre'
US resupplying Israel with ammunition even after condemning shelling of Gaza school
***RT 2014-07-30
No sooner than the White House condemned the shelling of a United Nations-operated school in Gaza on Wednesday did news break that the Pentagon will supply the Israeli military with new ammunition to further their campaign on the war-ravaged city.
That afternoon, CNN reported that the United States military will be honoring a request from Israel for assistance in the midst of their weeks-long campaign against militants from Hamas residing in Gaza City.
- According to the network, Pentagon officials have confirmed that the US will honor a request from Israel for several types of ammunition, including 120mm mortar rounds and 40mm ammunition for grenade launchers.
The exchange will not be an emergency sale, the unnamed officials said, and is coming from a stockpile of weapons maintained by the US in Israel worth more than $1 billion.
Only moments beforehand, however, the White House officially spoke out against an attack attributed to the IDF from earlier that day on an UN Relief and Works Agency school in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp.
Officials in Gaza say the shelling killed at least 15 and wounded 90 others, and is but the latest strike waged by the IDF in a war against Hamas that continues to claim the lives of Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire.
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- The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said earlier this week that at least 1,242 people there have died since the latest Israeli operation began.
- As many as 80 percent of the dead may be civilians, the UN has estimated.
“The United States condemns the shelling of a UNRWA school in Gaza, which reportedly killed and injured innocent Palestinians – including children – and UN humanitarian workers,” Bernadette Meehan, a spokesperson for US President Barack Obama’s National Security Council, said in a statement.
"We are extremely concerned that thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been called on by the Israeli military to evacuate their homes are not safe in UN designated shelters in Gaza. We also condemn those responsible for hiding weapons in United Nations facilities in Gaza. All of these actions, and similar ones earlier in the conflict, are inconsistent with the UN’s neutrality. This violence underscores the need to achieve a cease-fire as soon as possible.”
The White House neglected to blame Israel by name for the attack, but both a military spokesperson and a lieutenant colonel in the IDF admitted the nation’s role in the offensive to New York Times journalists reporting from Gaza on Wednesday.
Palestinian militants “opened fire at Israeli soldiers from the vicinity” of the school early Wednesday, the spokesperson told the paper, and Israeli troops “responded by firing toward the origins of the fire.”
Pierre Krähenbühl, the commissioner-general of the UNRWA, tweeted that Wednesday’s attack was the sixth time one of his organization’s school have been hit by one of these strikes.
“Children, woman and men killed [and] injured as they slept in place where they should have been safe and protected. They were not. Intolerable,” he wrote in one Twitter post’ “Our staff leading [international] response are being killed. This is a breaking point,” in another. [...]
http://rt.com/usa/176820-pentagon-idf-unrwa-ammunition/
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Obama Administration Sells Israeli Military Extra Grenade and Tank Rounds to Use in Attack on Gaza
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2014-08-02 AllGov
While criticizing its military action that has resulted in large numbers of civilian casualties, the Obama administration has also provided Israel with munitions to use in its continued campaign against Hamas.
A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, told the media that the “civilian casualties in Gaza have been too high,” and that the Israelis “need to do more to live up to their very high standard...for protecting civilian life.”
But the concerns weren’t enough for U.S. officials to turn down Tel Aviv’s request for more military assistance, specifically 120mm tank rounds and 40mm illumination rounds for grenade launchers.
Washington received the request on July 20 and three days later approved the munitions release from a special stockpile in Israel known as the War Reserve Stockpile Ammunition-Israel. The U.S. set up the little-known arsenal several years ago in case of need by U.S. or Israeli forces. Other Israeli requests for ammunition are being processed in the United States.
The U.S. decision comes after the death of more than 1,300 Palestinians during Israel’s military operation inside Gaza. The United Nations estimates that at least 70% of fatalities have been civilians. Several dozen Israeli soldiers and three Israeli civilians have also died in the fighting.
To Learn More:
*** While criticizing its military action that has resulted in large numbers of civilian casualties, the Obama administration has also provided Israel with munitions to use in its continued campaign against Hamas.
A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, told the media that the “civilian casualties in Gaza have been too high,” and that the Israelis “need to do more to live up to their very high standard...for protecting civilian life.”
But the concerns weren’t enough for U.S. officials to turn down Tel Aviv’s request for more military assistance, specifically 120mm tank rounds and 40mm illumination rounds for grenade launchers.
Washington received the request on July 20 and three days later approved the munitions release from a special stockpile in Israel known as the War Reserve Stockpile Ammunition-Israel. The U.S. set up the little-known arsenal several years ago in case of need by U.S. or Israeli forces. Other Israeli requests for ammunition are being processed in the United States.
The U.S. decision comes after the death of more than 1,300 Palestinians during Israel’s military operation inside Gaza. The United Nations estimates that at least 70% of fatalities have been civilians. Several dozen Israeli soldiers and three Israeli civilians have also died in the fighting.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
To Learn More:
Pentagon Issues Rare Criticism of Israeli Military after Releasing More Weapons (by Jon Harper, Stars and Stripes)
U.S. Has Sold Ammunition to Israel Since Start of Gaza Conflict (by Luis Martinez, ABC News)
U.S. Only Country of 47 to Vote against Investigating Possible Human Rights Violations during Israeli Occupation of Gaza (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/obama-administration-sells-israeli-military-extra-grenade-and-tank-rounds-to-use-in-attack-on-gaza-140802?news=853862
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WAR PIGS
http://undermattans.blogspot.se/2014/07/war-pigs.html
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Amnesty International:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6i5IvMZGEY&list=UUzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw
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Amnesty International:
U.S. Should Stop Arming Israel Amid "Growing Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6i5IvMZGEY&list=UUzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw***
Russell Brand calls Fox News’ Sean Hannity a 'terrorist' for his Gaza coverage
USA fyller på Israels vapenförråd - så Israel kan slakta fler barn i Gaza och fortsätta folkmordet
http://undermattans.blogspot.se/2014/07/made-in-usa-amerikanska-vapen-pa-bada.html
SvaraRaderaReinfeldt vill införa flygfri zoon över israell och lägga israhell under handels embargo..? eller inte?
SvaraRaderahttp://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article19296759.ab
Vad sägs om att sverige bojkottar jisrahell samt inför flygfri zoon över israhell.
Aftonbladet, upp med artikel om att Reinfeldt måste kräva detta av FN likt Libyen som också har Wallenbergs riksbank nu efter Muhammar fick demokrati. Fan ni skriver ju inte så mkt om Libyen längre :)
AB, Jobba hårt med att hålla det sovande folket i kåma.
Varför sopa under mattan;
SvaraRadera-Att Hamas öppet använder strategin med civilister till att skydda militära installationer?
-Att Hamas är en terrororganisation och fyller samtliga krav på en sådan.
-Att Hamas tillhör en muslimsk dödskult som älskar döden mer än vi andra älskar livet.
- Att IDF som enda och mest humana armen i världen ringer, SMS-ar och släpper flygblad i förväg till civilister i områden man avser attackera terrorister?
Att i skenet av ovanstående då skriva en rubrik "...- så Israel kan slakta fler barn i Gaza och fortsätta folkmordet."
Det är ju rent ondskefullt!
Jag är ny här och sökte egentligen någon man kan debattera seriöst med. Får nog leta vidare ser det ut som.
Har sällan sett så mycket bullshit i en och samma kommentar.
Radera- Hur mycket fick du betalt för att skriva den?
""Att i skenet av ovanstående då skriva en rubrik "...- så Israel kan slakta fler barn i Gaza och fortsätta folkmordet."
Det är ju rent ondskefullt!""
OK, men så prova då istället i skenet av understående:
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2014/07/bilderna-fran-gaza-som-media-israel_17.html
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2014/07/bilderna-fran-gaza-som-media-israel.html
*Läs även en artikel av Prof. Lawrence Davidson
--The Periodic Slaughter of Palestinians--
(Lawrence Davidson is a history professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Foreign Policy Inc.: Privatizing America’s National Interest; America’s Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood; and Islamic Fundamentalism.)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-periodic-slaughter-of-palestinians/5391762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-periodic-slaughter-of-palestinians
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"- Att IDF som enda och mest humana armen i världen ringer, SMS-ar och släpper flygblad i förväg till civilister i områden man avser attackera terrorister?"
- Myten om humana krig & armeér kan du spara till TV-hjärntvättade airheads eller kids på någon vapenmässa.
T o m FN:s installationer i Gaza har bombats minst 6 gånger på kort tid utan förvarning. Se en "human" video här:
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2014/07/israel-bombade-fn-skola-dodade-bade-fns.html
Kolla också in vad FN själva tyckte om världens mest humana armè:
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2014/07/fns-talesman-berattar-i-live-tv-om.html
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"-Att Hamas öppet använder strategin med civilister till att skydda militära installationer?"
*Israel used Palestinian minors as human shields, detain and torture - UN.
Thousands of Palestinian children were systematically injured, tortured and used as human shields by Israel, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child reported.
http://rt.com/news/israel-torture-palestinian-children-004/
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Angående om dödskulter och terror - så vill du säkert inte ha en seriös debatt eftersom du inte ens klarar av att länka till något material.
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--UN says illegal Gaza blockade must be lifted--
SvaraRaderaUN officials condemn Israeli attacks and warn of humanitarian crisis amid 440,000 refugees and a lack of basic services.
AlJazeera 31 Jul 2014
The UN's top rights and refugee officials have condemned Israel's bombardment of Gaza and warned of a major humanitarian crisis, with almost half of Palestinians now refugees in their own territory.
Navi Pillay, the UN human rights commissioner, on Thursday said that Israel had attacked homes, schools, hospitals, and UN premises in apparent violation of the Geneva Conventions.
Valerie Amos, the UN's humanitarian aid coordinator meanwhile told a UN security council meeting that there were now 440,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Gaza, and that hundreds of thousands more were without basic services, power and food.
And Philippe Krahenbuhl, the top UN refugee official in Gaza, said that the Palestinian territory was "facing a precipice" and said "the illegal blockade of Gaza must be lifted".
The comments came a day after Israeli shells hit a UN-run school which was being used as a refugee centre by more than 3,300 people. Nineteen people were killed, and many more wounded.
Pillay, who has previously condemned Israeli attacks on Gazan civilians, told a news briefing on Thursday: "The shelling of houses directly means a violation of Israel's obligation to protect the right to housing, right to food, right to clean water of Gazans, even as, under its obligation as an occupying force."
"Therefore I would say that they appear to be defying ... deliberate defiance of obligations that international law imposes on Israel."
She added that the Hamas group had also violated international humanitarian law by firing rockets into Israel.
Her statement was followed by Amos, who told a UN meeting that there was "no safe place in Gaza".
"We have all watched in horror the desperation of children, of civilians, as they have come under attack, with no safe place to go."
As of Friday, over 240,000 civilians are hosted in UN schools, while the rest are seeking refuge in hospital grounds, government buildings and homes of their families and friends, she said.[...]
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/gaza-precipice-as-israel-presses-attacks-2014731143129689385.html
-The Experts’ Verdict: Every Israeli Missile Strike is a War Crime-
SvaraRaderaBy Jonathan Cook Global Research, August 01, 2014
Today’s Guardian includes an article that appears to be excusing Israel of responsibility for the massive death toll it has inflicted on Palestinian civilians. But, more significantly, it includes a lot of useful – and damning – information about just how “indiscriminate” Israel’s weapons really are. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/gaza-civilian-death-toll-military-training-experts]
This interests me a great deal because I have been warning about problems with the interpretation of international law used by leading human rights groups on this very point since the 2006 Lebanon War.
At that time I got into a dispute with Human Rights Watch’s Middle East policy director, Sarah Leah Whitson. Her organisation argued that Hizbullah was committing war crimes by definition whenever it fired rockets at Israel, even if it hit military targets, because those rockets were primitive and inherently inaccurate.[...]
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-experts-verdict-every-israeli-missile-strike-is-a-war-crime/5394402?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-experts-verdict-every-israeli-missile-strike-is-a-war-crime
A Watershed Moment in Human History: The Slaughter in Gaza and Humankind’s Response
SvaraRaderaBy R. Teichmann 2014-08-01
This moment in history is a watershed moment for Humankind. It has been triggered by the senseless and premeditated extermination of innocent and largely defenseless children, women and men in the largest open-air concentration camp on earth called Gaza by an overwhelming force for only one purpose: making life itself unbearable.
The response to and condemnation of what I have no name for is universal.
It transcends all political, ideological, religious, national, continental, gender and age boundaries. It is unique as it is not based on gaining any advantages or fighting for or against anything. It simply is the outpouring of everything that is good within human beings. It is the universal expression of what we really are. Sentient, loving, caring, compassionate creatures.
This outpouring is genuine and unique.
It shows that lies are not believed any longer, that no propaganda can distort our innate knowledge of right and wrong.
No event in history could accomplish what the unmasked menace, now staring Humankind in the face, could. Not the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not the fire bombings of Tokyo, Dresden and Hamburg, not the atrocities of WW I and II, not the catastrophes of Chernobyl, Fukushima or Deepwater Horizon.
What we are witnessing is the rise of the true human consciousness and universal spirit in all its glory. Truth, justice and compassion will prevail.
R. Teichmann is an activist living in West Cork / Ireland and an editor with news-beacon-ireland.info. He also blogs on War is a Crime.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/a-watershed-moment-in-human-history-the-slaughter-in-gaza-and-humankinds-response/5394372
--Israel and the “G” Word: Gaza Genocide And Arab Fratricide--
SvaraRaderaThe UN is loath to use the “G” word and it using the “C” (condemn) word instead. Why? Money Talks
August 01, 2014 By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Lets not mince words. Israelis are committing genocide in Gaza. But the United Nations is loath to use the “G” word and it us using the “C” (condemn) word instead. Why? Money talks. The top financier of the United Nations is America with a whopping 22.00% in direct funds (followed by Japan 10.83%, Germany 7.14%, France 5.59%, and GB 5.18%), if the United Nations called out the genocide in Gaza, its top financier would have to be punished for its complicity.
According to Article 3 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, persons committing genocide or complicity in genocide shall be punished “whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.” The United States not only supports and funds the ongoing genocide in Gaza, replenishes Israel with more funds and weaponry, but it also uses its political clout to enable Israel to continue its ruthless crimes against humanity.
While many have not been shy about calling these crimes genocide, they have come under attack for using the “G” word. Is genocide an appropriate term to use? Well, it is if one has respect for international law and the rules of the genocide convention. Article 2 of the Convention clearly spells out:
“In the present Convention, genocide means any [emphasis added]of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part [emphasis added], a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
• (a) Killing members of the group;
• (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
• (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
• (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
• (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.”
There is little argument and ample evidence that Israel’s actions against the people of Gaza in particular, and Palestine as whole, constitute the term genocide.[...]
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-g-word-gaza-genocide-and-arab-fratricide/5394391
-Israel Bombs Gaza Back to the Stone Age … as Collective Punishment-
SvaraRaderaAugust 01, 2014 - By Washington's Blog
Israel Commits War Crimes In Gaza
We previously noted:
Israel is currently bombing Gaza back to the stone age ….
And:
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai said:
We must blow Gaza back to the Middle Ages destroying all the infrastructure including roads & water.
Or as Haaretz puts it:
Interior Minister Eli Yishai on Israel’s operation in Gaza:
“The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages ….”
Destroying civilian infrastructure is – of course – a war crime under the Geneva Convention.
The following are also war crimes under the Geneva Convention:
The indiscriminate or disproportionate use of force
Collective punishment for the acts of a few
Targeting civilians
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Indeed, the UN has repeatedly found Israeli’s actions in Gaza to be a war crime.[...]
http://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-bombs-gaza-back-to-the-stone-age-as-collective-punishment/5394384
”Kommentera helst angående ämnet i artiklarna.
SvaraRaderaJuridiskt ansvar ligger helt hos kommentatorn.
Uppenbara olagligheter inom hat, hets och bullshit plockas bort.”
”Har sällan sett så mycket bullshit i en och samma kommentar.”
Du lever inte upp ens till egna regler ser jag med viss förnöjsamhet.
Att som svar på mitt inlägg 1 augusti 2014 00:10 komma med ett bildfrosseri i döda och lemlästade kroppar är knappast något som motsäger något av vad jag faktiskt skrev. Tänder du på sådana vidrigheter?
Ny bevisning som stärker vad jag skrev om Hamas brott mot folkrätten i att som utpräglad strategi använda civila sköldar, denna gången genom att använda ett sjukhusområde för avskjutande av raketer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-e5qWXx-k&feature=player_embedded
och detta har pågått sedan åtminstonde mitten av 70-talet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73NtxQ0OLnQ
Dessutom: Alla explosioner i Gaza är inte orsakade av IDF. Väl så många gånger faller missriktade raketer över de egna som Brigitte Gabriel nämnde ovan. Se tweet från oberoende Italiensk journalist:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183509#.U9lPXpscR9B
Tips/råd: Välj dina nyhetskällor lite bättre. Vem är det du försöker lura egentligen? Nyhetsmedia med en rysk nyhetsvinkel skulle jag bara lita på om jag vore en riktig mörkerman. Men du kanske gillar Putins pågående härjningar?“RT provides an alternative perspective on major global events, and acquaints international audience with the Russian viewpoint.”
Jag har även på bloggen sett en hel del länkande till Al Jazeera. ”Moget”. Denna nyhetsbyrå baserad i Qatar lär vara en av huvudsponsorerna till Hamas. I Er VDN fakta skriver ni att ni hatas av bland andra nazister vilket jag har svårt att förstå med tanke på att ni i stort verkar representera deras ideologi. Ska det vara så svårt att länka till seriös, neutral eller oberoende nyhetsmedia?
Vänligen bevisa något av vad jag skrev som felaktigt eller ta av dig fårakläderna och kryp tillbaks ned i ditt mörka hål.
Med önskan om god bättring.
/S.N.
”Jag är ny här och sökte egentligen någon man kan debattera seriöst med.”
RaderaS.N, du är även totalt hjärntvättad och din version av ”seriöst” verkar hämtad från en helt annan planet.
”Du lever inte upp ens till egna regler ser jag med viss förnöjsamhet.”
Så du hade alltså varit mer ”förnöjd” om dina kommentarer hamnat i papperskorgen? Hur smart är det?
Bloggen gjorde ett par undantag med dina bullshit-kommentarer, eftersom det inte verkade sannolikt att du hade kapacitet nog att fatta kommentarsreglerna…
”ett bildfrosseri i döda och lemlästade kroppar är knappast något som motsäger något av vad jag faktiskt skrev. Tänder du på sådana vidrigheter?”
Vilken groteskt sjuk & förvirrad person skulle ens tänka i de banorna och sedan ställa en sån vidrig fråga? Du tydligen...
...Fast döda och lemlästade kroppar brukar ju alltid fungera alldeles utmärkt när media regelbundet påminner världens folk om en annan ”förintelse?”
Tror du förresten kidsen på bilderna från Gaza snubblade i lekparken, pajas?
”Jag har även på bloggen sett en hel del länkande till Al Jazeera. ”Moget”. Denna nyhetsbyrå baserad i Qatar lär vara en av huvudsponsorerna till Hamas.”
Menar du i din vishet att t.ex. VM i fotboll 2022 kommer att bli ett terrorist-mästerskap? Israel borde kanske bomba FIFA redan nu?
Ändå intressant att både Hillary & Obama har lovordat Al Jazeera – men de är ju också rätt omogna och lär ju även va sponsorer till al-Qaida i Syrien.
**Al-Jazeera, as endorsed by Hillary Clinton**
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/10/al-jazeera-us-television
Israel/Mossad är enligt en del experter ytterst delaktiga i att ha skapat Hamas och även ha sponsrat rörelsen. Exempel: http://youtu.be/27esxkQtfTc
”I Er VDN fakta skriver ni att ni hatas av bland andra nazister vilket jag har svårt att förstå med tanke på att ni i stort verkar representera deras ideologi. ”
Nu glömde du väl ändå det viktigaste i texten som berör dig, vännen? Vi hatas av sionister.
Hundratusentals besökare har aldrig någonsin fått bloggen till nazistisk - så det problemet existerar bara i ditt lilla huvud, dessbättre...
…Om du nu inte menar att anti-sionistiskt är nazistiskt. Men eftersom exempelvis Pro-Israel-SD är både nazistiskt och sionistiskt - så är det kanske DU som är nazisten?
”Vänligen bevisa något av vad jag skrev som felaktigt eller ta av dig fårakläderna och kryp tillbaks ned i ditt mörka hål.”
Aj, alla dessa ”seriösa debattinlägg” som gör så ont. Mycket imponerande.
”Tips/råd: Välj dina nyhetskällor lite bättre.”
Fårskallen sitter som gjuten på DIG.
Du smutskastar precis som mainstream desperat det lilla fåtal nyhetskällor som sionister inte kontrollerar till 100% i världen …och hänvisar sen stolt till ”israelnationalnews.com” som en sanningskälla - i en konflikt där Israel är part.
...Samt även till ett par av de ynkligaste bimbo-videos som någonsin lagts ut på tuben. Det finns tusentals andra som säger motsatsen.
“God bättring” själv, S.N. och full kred till dig för att inte ha spelat ut anti-semit-kortet …än…
“Anonym1 augusti 2014 20:55
SvaraRadera1500 dead on Pali side and 70-80% civilian
59 dead on Israeli side 5% civilian
who is a fucking terrorist?"
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So the fact that Israel, unlike Hamas has decency to protect their civilians with Iron Dome and other things with fewer casualties as a result makes them terrorists??? Think again before you write anymore - please.
S.N.
New Israeli airstrike hits Gaza UN school, kills at least 10 - medics
SvaraRaderaPublished time: August 03, 2014
The Palestinian Health Ministry said casualties have reached 1,830 killed and 9,370 wounded so far in Gaza since Israel launched its offensive almost a month ago.
The dead include 398 children, 207 women and 74 elderly people, said Dr Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.
An Israeli air strike has hit another UN-operated school in Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and injuring 35 others, Palestinian health authorities reported.
The missile fired by an Israeli aircraft hit the entrance to the school in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.
The school served as a shelter for some 3,000 Palestinians amid the ongoing violence in the region, as Israel continues its operation against Hamas.
The Israeli military declined immediate comment on the attack.
The area of Rafah along Gaza’s border with Egypt has been the scene of intensive bombardment over the weekend as Israeli troops retaliated for the suspected kidnapping Friday of a 23-year-old soldier, Hadar Goldin, by Hamas fighters.
The IDF later said Goldin had been killed in the area, along with two other Israeli soldiers.
Palestinian health officials reported at least 30 fatalities on Sunday. The death toll for Palestinians in the hostilities has topped 1,700, according to the latest tally.
IDF has lost 64 soldiers in combat. Three civilians were killed by Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.
Last week Israel shelled the Jabaliya UN shelter, killing 20 people and sparking widespread international condemnation. [...]
http://rt.com/news/177648-gaza-un-school-missile/
--Thousands hit streets worldwide to demand end to Gaza violence (PHOTOS)--
SvaraRaderaRT August 03, 2014
Thousands of people have taken to the streets around the world over the weekend to protest Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip.
The largest demonstrations were held in Australia, France and Chile.
New Israeli airstrike hits Gaza UN school, kills at least 10
http://rt.com/news/177648-gaza-un-school-missile/
Thousands of people gathered for a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney, Australia on Sunday, calling for an immediate end to the Israeli military operation, which has so far cost the lives of over 1,700 Palestinians and 60 Israelis. They were chanting “Free, free Palestine.”
Many Jewish people around the world don’t support the Israeli crackdown on Gaza, Peter Slezak from Independent Australian Jewish Voices told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"The state of Israel does not represent all Jews,” Slezak said. “I am one of very many Jews who is horrified and deeply ashamed by what the Jewish state is doing in my name. I stand with the people of Gaza and with Palestine as a whole."
Israel launches ground incursion in Gaza Strip LIVE UPDATES
http://rt.com/news/173708-israel-gaza-ground-operation/
[...]
http://rt.com/news/177636-protests-worldwide-gaza-israel/