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Human Rights Watch Calls on Israel to Investigate "White Flag" Shootings of Gaza Civilians 2 of 2
By: Masha Medvedkov
Posted: Aug 20 09
Witnessed: 1313 veces
Regions: Israel, Palestine
Issues: Armed conflict, Violence
Tags: civilian casualties, Gaza, Hamas, shootings
Human Rights Watch released a report last week detailing new evidence of possible Israeli war crimes committed during last winters Operation Cast Lead in Gaza that left over 1,400 Palestinians dead. The report says Israeli soldiers unlawfully shot and killed at least eleven Palestinian civilians, including five women and four children, who were in groups waving white flags to make clear that they were civilians and not combatants. We speak to HRWs Fred Abrahams and air exclusive video from Gaza from Democracy Now!s Anjali Kamat and Big Noise Films Jacquie Soohen.
Original source: Democracy Now! video uploaded by user mediagrrl9 to Youtube.
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