Ha'aretz.com (Israel) : "'Most Gazans killed in war were civilians'" par Avi Issacharoff

Last update - 06:30 09/09/2009    


'Most Gazans killed in war were civilians'  

By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent, and AP  

The vast majority of the Palestinians killed in Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip last winter were innocent civilians rather than combatants, according to a new report to be published by the B'Tselem organization Wednesday morning. This is the opposite of what the Israel Defense Forces has said.

According to B'Tselem, 1,387 Palestinians were killed during the three weeks of Operation Cast Lead, of whom 773 were noncombatants and only 330 were combatants.

The remaining 248 were Hamas policemen killed when Israel bombed Palestinian police facilities at the start of the operation. The IDF has argued that these policemen, as armed Hamas members, should be considered combatants. However, B'Tselem noted that they took no part in the actual fighting. In 36 cases, the organization was.........................
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1113402.html



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