Popeye
Well-Known Member
I know all the arguments attempting to justify such carnage, and I find it hard to agree with any part of any of them. The killing of civilians on this level is wrong...just plain wrong.
It's just too bad our government, condones and pays for what I look upon as negligence on the part of the Israelis at the very least and outright murder at the worst....I suspect it lies somewhere in between.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKLC458176._CH_.2420
It's just too bad our government, condones and pays for what I look upon as negligence on the part of the Israelis at the very least and outright murder at the worst....I suspect it lies somewhere in between.
Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed 1,434 people, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers and 235 fighters, a Palestinian human rights group said on Thursday.
The rights group said 288 children and 121 women were among civilians killed in the bombing and shelling.
"The Ministry of Health have also confirmed that a total of 5,303 Palestinians were injured in the assault, including 1,606 children and 828 women," it said.
Israeli media have quoted officers as saying there was far less resistance from Islamist gunmen than they had expected. A Palestinian opinion poll this week showed Hamas had gained significantly in popularity since the war.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKLC458176._CH_.2420