Bombings Hit Children Hardest

[Karmadillo]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0724-10.htm

BEIRUT - About 55 percent of all casualties at the Beirut Government University Hospital are children of 15 years of age or less, hospital records show.

"This is worse than during the Lebanese civil war," Bilal Masri, assistant director of the hospital, one of Beirut's largest, told IPS Monday.

Not only are most of the patients children, but many of the injured have been brought in serious condition, he said. "Now we have a 30 percent fatality rate here in Beirut. That means that 30 percent of everyone hit by Israeli bombs are dying. It is a catastrophe."

The fatality rate was high, he said, "because the Israelis are using new kinds of bombs which can enter shelters. They are bombing the bomb shelters which are full of refugees."

Masri said he had barely slept in the 13 days since the Israeli bombing of Lebanon began. His hospital, he said, was functioning with only 25 percent staff because "most are now unable to get here because so many roads and bridges are bombed. Those who are here are eating, sleeping and living here 24 hours a day because if they leave they fear they may be unable to return."

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[LiberalVoice]

1. Anti-Semite

Everyone(who doesn't hate Jews of course) knows that the IDF is only targetting the homes of Hezbollah terrorists. IF children happen to live in the same building, well Israel does have the right to protect itself. :sarcasm:

[sgxnk]

3. actually

according to the classic rules of war (Hoyle, 2nd edition), if hezbollah CHOOSES to hide in civilian structures, those civilian structures then become legitimate targets

[LiberalVoice]

4. What if they live in those buildings? nt

[whistle]

2. The fatality rate was high, he said,...

"because the Israelis are using new kinds of bombs which can enter shelters. They are bombing the bomb shelters which are full of refugees."

What kind of bombs have the ability to enter shelters? Hardened depleted uranium bombs, high concussion bunker buster bombs, toxic chemical agent bombs, poison gas bombs and biological warfare bombs, that's what kind. These bombs are specifically designed to cause the maximum number of human casualties in and around the targets they are dropped on. So, if civilian targets are chosen by the Israeli army using these weapons, it is their full intension to inflict maximum carnage on civilians.

These are deliberate planned criminal acts of war, plain and simple.

[bdamomma]

5. those bombs come from our country

[KoKo]

6. kick......

[Igel]

7. That's an intriguing number.

A few days ago kids were about a third of the deaths. Which is commensurate with their percentage in the overall population.

What happened in the last few days? Most of the casualties were just kids?