UN levels war crimes warning at Israel over shelling of evacuee house in Zeitoun | World news | guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/09/gaza-palestinians-israel-evacuees-zeitoun)

"The Israeli military may have committed war crimes in Gaza, the UN's most senior human rights official said tonight, as Israeli troops pressed on with their increasingly deadly offensive in defiance of a UN security council resolution demanding a ceasefire."

"OCHA said the incident took place on 4 January, a day after Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza. According to testimonies gathered by the UN, Israeli soldiers evacuated about 110 Palestinians to a single-storey house in Zeitoun. The evacuees were instructed to stay indoors for their safety but 24 hours later the Israeli army shelled the house. About half the Palestinians sheltering in the house were children, OCHA said. The report also complains that the Israeli Defence Force prevented medical teams from entering the area to evacuate the wounded.

The OCHA report does not accuse Israel of a deliberate act but calls for an investigation. Responding to the report, an Israeli military spokeswoman, Avital Leibovich, told AFP news agency: "From initial checking, we don't have knowledge of this incident. We started an inquiry but we still don't know about it."

...I wondering if indiscriminate rocket fire, at military targets, at civilians, at schools, at children, at business areas, is a war crime?

Too f*ckin bad!! I hope they wipe every Palestinian in Gaza out. Go Israel!! :yahoo:

A war crime would be to put 110 people in a single story house. Eww eww that smell. :biggrin:

In other news:

The U.N. passed a resolution yesterday, stating without equivocation that someone somewhere should drink a cup of coffee. According to sources close to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, they hoped Monday to take up the issue of appointing a select panel that would investigate the form of containment vessel which would most effectively serve the purpose of holding the coffee. According to our source, the Secretary lamented the fact that they did not have enough time left on Friday to adequately resolve the issue.

However, he has been quoted as saying, 'With any luck, we will have a firm decision by the end of this month as to, not only the kind of cup to be used, but also the degree to which sugar and cream will be utilized." We, as always, will keep our readers advised if there are any further developments.

UN levels war crimes warning at Israel over shelling of evacuee house in Zeitoun | World news | guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/09/gaza-palestinians-israel-evacuees-zeitoun)

"The Israeli military may have committed war crimes in Gaza, the UN's most senior human rights official said tonight, as Israeli troops pressed on with their increasingly deadly offensive in defiance of a UN security council resolution demanding a ceasefire."

"OCHA said the incident took place on 4 January, a day after Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza. According to testimonies gathered by the UN, Israeli soldiers evacuated about 110 Palestinians to a single-storey house in Zeitoun. The evacuees were instructed to stay indoors for their safety but 24 hours later the Israeli army shelled the house. About half the Palestinians sheltering in the house were children, OCHA said. The report also complains that the Israeli Defence Force prevented medical teams from entering the area to evacuate the wounded.

The OCHA report does not accuse Israel of a deliberate act but calls for an investigation. Responding to the report, an Israeli military spokeswoman, Avital Leibovich, told AFP news agency: "From initial checking, we don't have knowledge of this incident. We started an inquiry but we still don't know about it."

Eff them.

...I wondering if indiscriminate rocket fire, at military targets, at civilians, at schools, at children, at business areas, is a war crime?

Apparently not.

In other news:

The U.N. passed a resolution yesterday, stating without equivocation that someone somewhere should drink a cup of coffee. According to sources close to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, they hoped Monday to take up the issue of appointing a select panel that would investigate the form of containment vessel which would most effectively serve the purpose of holding the coffee. According to our source, the Secretary lamented the fact that they did not have enough time left on Friday to adequately resolve the issue.

However, he has been quoted as saying, 'With any luck, we will have a firm decision by the end of this month as to, not only the kind of cup to be used, but also the degree to which sugar and cream will be utilized." We, as always, will keep our readers advised if there are any further developments.
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