At 11.30am on 27 December 2008, without warning, Israeli forces began a devastating bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip codenamed Operation “Cast Lead”. Its stated aim was to end rocket attacks into Israel by armed groups affiliated with Hamas and other Palestinian factions. By 18 January 2009, when unilateral ceasefires were announced by both Israel and Hamas, some 1,400 Palestinians had been killed, including some 300 children and hundreds of other unarmed civilians, and large areas of Gaza had been razed to the ground, leaving many thousands homeless and the already dire economy in ruins.
Amnesty have published their report on the brutal murderous attack on Gaza by the Israeli State.
Operation Cast Lead was initiated two days after Christmas 2008 with the involvement of former US Deputy Secretary of State John ‘death squads’ Negroponte who happened to be in Tel Aviv.
The report by Amnesty is a comprehensive examination of the bombardment and unfortunately I haven’t had much of a chance to read it, including recommendations.
Facts and figures can be viewed here about the 22 day bombardment.
Israeli State is not very pleased with the report as Amnesty accuses them of war crimes and counter-accusations from Israel that Amnesty ‘was manipulated by Hamas’…
Israel is an apartheid colonial-settler state based on violent oppression and a racist ideology, who should be in the dock for war crimes…
Hat tip: Lansburys Lido
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