Child Casualties Mount In Beseiged Gaza

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Thu Jan-01-09 05:18 PM
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Child Casualties Mount In Beseiged Gaza

The Associated Press
Published: January 1, 2009

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip: Samar Hamdan ran weeping through the street, trying to touch the body of her slain 11-year-old brother during a funeral procession in this northern Gaza town.

Just a day before, 15-year-old Hamdan's two sisters were also buried, victims of the same strike from an Israeli missile.

As Israel steps up its attacks on the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated spots on earth, children are paying the price.

"In this crowded strip, everything is beside everything else," said Karen Abu Zayd, a top U.N. official in Gaza.

Israel maintains it is only targeting Hamas militants and the rockets they send streaking into southern Israel. More than 400 Palestinians have been killed in the strikes and many of them have been members of the security forces.

But at least 37 children and 17 women have died so far, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry — numbers that U.N. officials also believe are correct.

The broad range of Israel's targets — police compounds, fire stations, homes of militants, Hamas-run mosques and university buildings — means most shelling is occurring in residential areas.

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AP: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/01/news/ML-Gaza-Children-Casualties.php

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azurnoir

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Thu Jan-01-09 05:25 PM
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1. Ah I think I hear the pitter patter of feet

Edited on Thu Jan-01-09 05:25 PM by azurnoir

could it be that as civilian causulties mount the timeless but "Hamas uses human shields" meme will be trotted out? I mean who in their right mind would place a fire station in a residential area?

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Thu Jan-01-09 05:25 PM
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2. numbers are exxxxxxagerated

impossible to know the truth

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Thu Jan-01-09 05:45 PM
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6. Pretty Poor Job Of Doing It, Sir, To Set Them At About One Eighth Of The Total....

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Thu Jan-01-09 05:35 PM
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4. And Hamas continues to think that rocketing Israel will result in anything positive?

The longer they rocket Israel, the more children will die.

Hamas are murderers, not just of those they have actually killed, but of all the children who will die because they refuse to give up their violence and terrorism.

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Thu Jan-01-09 05:40 PM
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5. This is horribly sad.

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