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B'Tselem questions Israeli account of attack
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Jan 1 09
Witnessed: 1516 times
Regions: Israel, Palestine
Issues: Armed conflict, Freedom of religion & belief, Humanitarian
Tags: btselem, civilian casualities, Gaza, Hamas
The Israeli military says it bombed a lorry which Hamas fighters were loading with rockets on Monday.
But an Israeli human rights group says civilians were killed as they tried to protect their goods.
Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid talks to a Palestinian who says the vehicle was his and that it was being loaded with gas canisters by his family. (January 1, 2009)
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