Infernul din Gaza. Ziua a 12-a. Bilant negru: peste 660 de morti si 2750 de raniti

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Palestinian National Initiative

660 people killed in Gaza and more 2,750 wounded since the beginning of the Israeli operations. UN schools targeted.
Ramallah, 07-01-09: For the 12th consecutive day, Israel continued its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
By air, by land and by sea the Gazans are attacks and besieged.

At least 660 people have been reportedly killed (including more than 215 children and 89 women), and more than 2,750 have sustained heavy injuries (including more than 650 children and 270 women).
At least 17 families were reportedly struck, killing fathers, mothers and children.

The number is expected to rise within the upcoming days as attacks continue- both from the air, the sea and the land.

There are 220 dead since the ground invasion began. Within the past 24 hours, at least 80 Palestinians were killed.

Despite the Israeli recurrent discourse, facts are clear and Israel’s war has mainly been conducted against civilians: Universities, shopping markets, schools, Mosques and private houses have been struck.

Monday night, 2 UN schools were bombed. 3 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a UNRWA school, Asma Elementary School in Gaza city.

Yesterday afternoon, Israelis bombed a UNRWA school in Jabalia, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring severely others. The UN school was sheltering people displaced by the violence in Jabaliya Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip. UNRWA sources report 30 people died and 55 others were injured when three Israeli artillery shells landed at the perimeter of the school. Medical officials at Gaza hospitals said 42 were killed.

To Mustafa Barghouthi MP, The Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative: “the targeting of schools, international organisations and the other places which have been designated as safe heavens from the bombardments is further proof that Israel is either targeting the civilian population of Gaza or completely insensitive to the sufferings of civilians in completing its military objectives. “

“The UN schools have been established as makeshifts refugee camps. Their targeting should instigate an international criminal case against the Israeli government.”

“There are no places to run in Gaza. Those victims can no longer be considered as ‘collateral damages”, said the deputy.

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