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Subject: Fw: [AL-AWDA-News] Israeli War Crime In Gaza Strip: F-16 Warplanes Deliberately Bomb Apartment Building Killing Seven Children Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:38:18 -0400 ----- Original Message ----- From: Zahi Damuni To: Al-Awda News Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:06 AM Subject: [AL-AWDA-News] Israeli War Crime In Gaza Strip: F-16 Warplanes Deliberately Bomb Apartment Building Killing Seven Children From: "DCI/PS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For immediate release 23 July 2002 ref: 0019/02 ISRAELI WAR CRIMES IN GAZA STRIP: F-16 WARPLANES DELIBERATELY BOMB APARTMENT BUILDING KILLING SEVEN CHILDREN Last night the Israeli air force bombed a residential building with F-16 warplanes in Gaza City killing at least 10 civilians, among them seven children. According to information provided to DCI/PS by Shifa Hospital in Gaza, the children who were killed in the attack were:* Subhe Mahmoud Al Huwaiti, (age unknown but between 3-5 years) Mahmoud Mahmoud Al Huwaiti (age unknown but between 3-5 years) Ahmed Mohammed S hawa (3 years old) Dina Ra'id Matar (2 months old) Mohammed Ra'id Matar (4 years old) Ayman Ra'id Matar (2 years old) Ala Mohammed Matar (11 years old) *This information is correct at the time of issuing this press release, however it is quite possible that the number of dead will increase. In addition to these seven children, at least three adults were killed in the attack. An additional 17 children were wounded, thirteen of them under the age of 12. According to eyewitness reports from Gaza, two F-16 two-storey residential building at around midnight as the residents were sleeping. One bomb was dropped on the building which reduced it to rubble and also destroyed walls of more than ten surrounding buildings. The killing of 10 people, among them seven children, as they slept is a war crime of the highest magnitude. Israel clearly knew that they were bombing a residential building which housed several families. There is no excuse or justification for this crime that deliberately targeted and killed innocent civilians. The killing of the seven children brings the total number of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip killed by Israeli soldiers thisany year since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967. The deaths last night confirm three trends noted by DCI/PS over the last three years: 1. The Israeli military is killing an increasing number of children. In the first seven months of this year, 117 children have been killed. This number exceeds the number killed each year in 2001 and 2000. In the year 2000, 105 children were killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers, in 2001 this figure Every year since 1990, Palestinian children have made up over 20% of total Palestinian deaths in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 2. The Israeli military is killing younger children. In the first seven months of the year 2002, 48% of Palestinian children killed were aged 12 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
