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3000 rocket attacks against Israel in 2008
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Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask
*Wednesday, 7 January 2009*
So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in a United Nations school, three more in another. Not bad for a night’s work in Gaza by the army that believes in “purity of arms”. But why should we be surprised?
Have we forgotten the 17,500 dead – almost all civilians, most of them children and women – in Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon; the 1,700 Palestinian civilian dead in the Sabra-Chatila massacre; the 1996 Qana massacre of 106 Lebanese civilian refugees, more than half of them children, at a UN base; the massacre of the Marwahin refugees who were ordered from their homes by the Israelis in 2006 then slaughtered by an Israeli helicopter crew; the 1,000 dead of that same 2006 bombardment and Lebanese invasion, almost all of them civilians?
What is amazing is that so many Western leaders, so many presidents and prime ministers and, I fear, so many editors and journalists, bought the old lie; that Israelis take such great care to avoid civilian casualties. “Israel makes every possible effort to avoid civilian casualties,” yet another Israeli ambassador said only hours before the Gaza massacre. And every president and prime minister who repeated this mendacity as an excuse to avoid a ceasefire has the blood of last night’s butchery on their hands. Had George Bush had the courage to demand an immediate ceasefire 48 hours earlier, those 40 civilians, the old and the women and children, would be alive.
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WAR CRIME: Israeli shelling kills dozens at UN school in Gaza
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6th Jan 2009
****- Reports of more than 40 killed in and around UN shelter
- 12 members of family killed in Gaza City air strike**
The civilian death toll in Gaza increased dramatically today, with reports of more than 40 Palestinians killed after missiles exploded outside a UN schoolwhere hundreds of people were sheltering from the continuing Israeli offensive.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/06/gaza-israel-death-un
Israel knew they were bombing a UN school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=(http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1869807,00.html) were holed up in a Gaza school, prompting a deadly attack by Israeli forces that killed 40 civilians, many of them children.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1870087,00.html
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** WAR CRIME: Israel shelled Gazans after evacuating them, UN says
9 Jan 2009
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UN levels war crimes warning at Israel
Killing of 30 people in Gaza when army shelled house full of evacuees ‘has all hallmarks of war crime’, says high commissioner for human rights.
](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/09/gaza-palestinians-israel-evacuees-zeitoun)
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WAR CRIME: Israeli soldiers shooting infant children in the chest. (not for the faint hearted)
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WAR CRIME:** Israel using white phosphorus in Gaza.**
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WAR CRIME: Lies of Israel on No civilian casualties.
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WAR CRIME: using DIME bomb.
The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons:
Statement on Israel’s attack on Gaza](http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/221.html)
ICBUW is deeply concerned over the ongoing humanitarian crisis triggered by Israel’s attack on Gaza and calls for an immediate ceasefire to protect civilians caught up by the conflict. ICBUW condemns the overwhelming use of force in a crowded civilian environment and calls for detailed independent investigations into the types of weaponry employed by Israel during the conflict. 5 January 2009 – ICBUW
Of additional concern are reports that indiscriminate and new weapons are being used by Israeli forces, including White Phosphorous and Dense Inert Metal Explosives (DIME). Contrary to reports by some media agencies, ICBUW has yet to see clear evidence that uranium munitions are being used in Gaza. The use of uranium weapons in a built-up civilian area would constitute a grave breach of International Humanitarian Law.
A report originating from Iranian Press TV claiming that uranium weapons have been used has, we believe, confused uranium munitions with tungsten DIME weapons. Interviews by Al-Jazeera with a Norwegian medical volunteer Dr Mads Gilbert, who was also quoted by Press TV, showed him blaming the use of DIME munitions containing tungsten for horrific civilian injuries; he then added that tungsten was radioactive. This is not the case.
In a later article Dr Gilbert stated that he didn’t know anything about the use of uranium weapons but went into additional detail about the use of DIME munitions (Press TV - Unconventional weapons used against Gazans).
Thus far two weapons, DIME explosives and GBU-39 bunker busters, have come under scrutiny by campaigners and to the best of our knowledge neither weapons use uranium. (See below)
ICBUW will continue to monitor the situation closely and is seeking links with NGOs working on the ground in Gaza for further information.
http://beagle17.gnn.tv/blogs/30672/Is_Israel_using_depleted_uranium_in_Gaza
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Massacre of a family seeking sanctuary
The Samounis claim they were guided to a safe haven by Israeli troops – only to be cut down by shells.
By Donald Macintyre and Said Ghazali in Jerusalem and Fares Akram in Gaza
*Saturday, 10 January 2009*
Bitterly cold, famished, and thirsty they may have been. But the dozens of men, women, children and elderly of the extended Samouni family, sheltering in the unfinished warehouse-like building owned by one of their relatives, at least felt relatively secure.
Massacre of a family seeking sanctuary - Middle East, World - The Independent
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Israel drops leaflets over Gaza warning of ‘escalation’ in violence
**Military jets drop flyers as a 'general warning' to Palestinians that attacks will rise in intensity**
Saturday 10 January 2009
Israel drops leaflets over Gaza warning of ‘escalation’ in violence | World news | guardian.co.uk
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UN human rights chief accuses Israel of war crimes
Official calls for investigation into Zeitoun shelling that killed up to 30 in one house as Israelis dismiss ‘unworkable’ ceasefire
**10th Jan 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/10/un-human-rights-gaza-zeitoun
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