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10-12-2002, 12:00
Israeli Chief of Staff Justifies Killing of Civilians
December 10, 2002, 01:58 AM
"An Israeli army statement released after the meeting claimed that most of the harm caused to innocent people was a result of .."
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TEL AVIV - Israeli Chief of Staff, Moshe Yaalon on Sunday claimed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) recent harming of Palestinian civilians was a consequence of dealing with a civilian population while fighting terror.
Addressing an IOF operational meeting, the general said most of these deaths were brought about by the complexity of operating in populated areas, Israel Radio reported.
An Israeli army statement released after the meeting claimed that most of the harm caused to innocent people was a result of the complexity of the situation in the territories and only a small number of incidents had been caused by a failure to follow standard procedure.
However, the Palestinian health ministry has revealed that during the past two years, IOF have killed 500 Palestinian children during their military offensives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Moreover, and only hours after the meeting, however, a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli occupation armys tank fire in the southern Gaza Strip while her three children were also wounded.
The mother and her children came under machinegun fire from tanks positioned near the neighboring illegal Israeli settlement of Rafiah Yam.
The victim, Nahla Akel, 41, was hit in the neck and soon after reaching the hospital she died.
Her two sons aged four and twelve, and a 15-year-old daughter were being treated for shrapnel wounds. Their lives were not in danger, hospital sources added.
-Palestine Media Center (http://www.palestine-pmc.com/). Redistributed via Press International News Agency (PINA).
http://www.arabia.com/newsfeed/article/english/0,14183,348137,00.html
December 10, 2002, 01:58 AM
"An Israeli army statement released after the meeting claimed that most of the harm caused to innocent people was a result of .."
enlarge image
TEL AVIV - Israeli Chief of Staff, Moshe Yaalon on Sunday claimed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) recent harming of Palestinian civilians was a consequence of dealing with a civilian population while fighting terror.
Addressing an IOF operational meeting, the general said most of these deaths were brought about by the complexity of operating in populated areas, Israel Radio reported.
An Israeli army statement released after the meeting claimed that most of the harm caused to innocent people was a result of the complexity of the situation in the territories and only a small number of incidents had been caused by a failure to follow standard procedure.
However, the Palestinian health ministry has revealed that during the past two years, IOF have killed 500 Palestinian children during their military offensives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Moreover, and only hours after the meeting, however, a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli occupation armys tank fire in the southern Gaza Strip while her three children were also wounded.
The mother and her children came under machinegun fire from tanks positioned near the neighboring illegal Israeli settlement of Rafiah Yam.
The victim, Nahla Akel, 41, was hit in the neck and soon after reaching the hospital she died.
Her two sons aged four and twelve, and a 15-year-old daughter were being treated for shrapnel wounds. Their lives were not in danger, hospital sources added.
-Palestine Media Center (http://www.palestine-pmc.com/). Redistributed via Press International News Agency (PINA).
http://www.arabia.com/newsfeed/article/english/0,14183,348137,00.html