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08. Mar 2006

Heroiske soldater dræber farlig 8-årig terrorist

 
IMEMC fortæller om et nyt israelsk angreb på Gaza City:
An Israeli air strike killed Raad Al-Batash, 8, Mahmoud Al-Batash, 15, and Ahmad a-Sweisi, 14, on Monday. Sumiyya Al-Batch, the mother of Raad and Mahmoud, was also wounded. And in a separate incident, two brothers, Allam and Nidal Abu Saud, 14 and 15, were blown to pieces when an undetonated explosive left by the Israeli military in their neighborhood suddenly exploded near them.

Eight other passers-by were wounded in the air strike, most of them children, and Sukar's aunt, who lives nearby, died of a heart attack when she was told the news of the boys' deaths.

According to the Israeli military, the missile fired by the Israeli Airforce was targeting a car driven by two Palestinian resistance fighters, who were also killed by the attack. Military sources said that by the time the crowd was identified, it was already too late to divert the two missiles from their courses.

But a report by Israeli human rights group B'tselem called the attack a war crime.
Og ja, selvfølgelig var det det: Selv hvis vi antog, at det ikke var en krigsforbrydelse for en besættelsesmagt at angribe to formodede terrorister eller modstandsfolk (eller hvad man nu vil kalde dem) med den hensigt at slå dem ihjel, er det hårrejsende uansvarligt at skyde med raketter i et område, hvor de risikerer at ramme uskyldige civile - det er en overtrædelse af proportionalitetsprincippet, som tilsiger, at den anvendte magt (bomber i et civilt område - minder det os om noget?) ikke må stå i misforhold til vigtigheden af det, man ønsker at opnå (har de ikke hørt om politiarbejde nede i Israel, siden de insisterer på at ty til dødspatruljer?).

Via Black Iris, som tilføjer:
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz threatened the incomming Palestinian Prime Minister, telling him to fear for his life if Hamas attacks Israel again. I don't want to point out the double standard.

As for these kids they just murdered, I guess this is what Mofaz meant when he told army radio: "No one is immune."
Ja, hvad ville Israel mon ikke føle sig berettiget til, om Hamas kom med lignende trusler mod Israels premierminister? De ville vel straks tage til Gaza og dræbe nogle flere civile ...

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