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http://www.amnesty.org.nz/archived_news/israel-gaza-22-days-of-death-and-destruction
Israel/Gaza: 22 Days of Death and Destruction
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 4:44 pm
Press Release: Amnesty International
Amnesty International has condemned the unprecedented scale and intensity of attacks on Gaza earlier this year, as it launches the first comprehensive report to be published on the 22-day conflict.
"It is unacceptable that Israeli authorities have refused to properly investigate the war crimes committed by its military forces, including killing hundreds of unarmed Palestinians and destroying thousands of homes in Gaza," says Patrick Holmes, CEO of Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand.
The report, Israel/Gaza: Operation 'Cast Lead' – 22 days of death and destruction, documents Israel's use of battlefield weapons against a civilian populations trapped in Gaza.
It also uncovers evidence of unlawful attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups who fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel, killing three Israeli civilians.
Amnesty's researchers in Gaza during January and February found that many victims of the attacks were killed when their homes were bombed while they slept. Children were struck while playing in their bedrooms. Paramedics and ambulances were repeatedly attacked while attempting to rescue the wounded or recover the dead.
"The deaths of so many children and other civilians cannot be simply dismissed as ‘collateral damage’, as argued by Israel," says Holmes. "Many questions remain to be unanswered about these attacks and about the fact that the strikes continued unabated despite the rising civilian death toll."
The Israeli army has not responded to Amnesty International's repeated requests over the past five months for information on specific cases detailed in the report and for meetings to discuss the organisation's findings.
Under international law, states have a responsibility to exercise universal jurisdiction and start criminal investigations in national courts, wherever there is sufficient evidence of war crimes or other crimes under international law, to arrest and bring to justice alleged perpetrators.
"Those responsible for war crimes and other serious violations must not be allowed to escape accountability and justice," adds Holmes.
Among other recommendations, the report calls on states to suspend all transfers of military equipment, assistance and munitions to Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups until there is no longer a substantial risk that such equipment will be used to commit violations of international law.
Amnesty International is calling on Israel to commit not to carry out direct, indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks on civilians; or use artillery, mortars and white phosphorus weapons in densely populated areas; and to end its blockade on the Gaza Strip, which is collectively punishing the entire population.
It also urges Hamas to renounce its policy of unlawful rocket attacks against civilian population centres in Israel and to prevent other armed groups from carrying out such attacks.
Amnesty International's report, Israel/Gaza: Operation 'Cast Lead' – 22 days of death and destruction, can be downloaded from www.amnesty.org.nz
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