Thursday, January 15, 2009

THIS IS CLEARLY WRONG

I can't judge the argument that Israel's reponse to Hamas is disproportionate but these actions by Israel are undoubtedly wrong. What's also troubling is Israel's initial BS about the events.
Israel shells Gaza U.N. warehouse, hospital, news bureaus
By Ahmed Abu Hamda and Dion Nissenbaum | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military punched deeper into Gaza City on Thursday with a series of strikes that hit the United Nations' headquarters, a major hospital and the offices of international news media groups,

Israeli forces hit a Red Crescent hospital Thursday, and more than 100 staff members and patients were trapped as a blaze engulfed the administration building. However, the most spectacular strike came when Israeli forces fired on the U.N. compound in Gaza City, setting off a blaze that sent a pillar of charcoal-black smoke hundreds of feet into the sky.

Relations between the U.N. and Israel have been strained by Israeli attacks in Gaza that have killed U.N. staff members, students and refugees seeking refuge in temporary shelters...

In the worst such incident, 43 Palestinians were killed last week when an Israeli strike hit a U.N. school where hundreds had sought safety.

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