Thursday, January 08, 2009
We take the greatest care... posted by Richard Seymour
Via Jamie, who also cites an Amnesty report that accuses Israel of killing civilians on purpose, this astonishing Telegraph article reports an act of organised sadism:Concerns had been growing that Zeitoun had witnessed massive civilian casualties after surviving members of the Samouni clan reached Gaza City three days ago.
They said that after the Israeli army first took the town on Saturday night soldiers had ordered about 100 members of the clan to gather in a single house owned by Wael Samouni around dawn on Sunday.
At 6.35am on Monday the house was repeatedly shelled with appalling loss of civilian life.
A handful of survivors, some wounded, others carrying dead or dying infants, made it on foot to Gaza's main north-south road before they were given lifts to hospital. Three small children were buried in Gaza City that afternoon.
According to the survivors between 60 and 70 family members had been killed by shrapnel and falling masonry.
Convoys of ambulances twice headed to the area to look for wounded but they were driven back by Israeli shooting.
You were wondering why they don't want the media in Gaza? You were wondering what "all-out war" meant?
Labels: air strikes, gaza, hamas, invasion, Israel, palestine, war crimes
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