Israelis 'Bomb Civilian Shelter' Killing 30 People after "evacuating" them to the shelter where they were bombed.


By BBC

January 09, 2009 "BBC" -- -Israeli forces shelled a house in the Gaza Strip which they had moved around 110 Palestinians into 24 hours earlier, the UN quotes witnesses as saying.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) called it "one of the gravest incidents" since the beginning of the offensive.

The shelling at Zeitoun, a south-east suburb of Gaza City, on 5 January killed some 30 people, the report said.

Israel said the allegations were being investigated.

"According to several testimonies, on 4 January Israeli foot soldiers evacuated approximately 110 Palestinians into a single-residence house in Zeitoun (half of whom were children) warning them to stay indoors," the OCHA report said.

"Twenty-four hours later, Israeli forces shelled the home repeatedly, killing approximately 30."

The UN said those who survived and were able walked 2km to the main north-south road to be transported to hospital in civilian vehicles.

"Three children, the youngest of whom was five months old, died upon arrival at the hospital," the report said.

'No safe haven'

Allegra Pacheco, of OCHA in Jerusalem, said they were not accusing the Israelis of a deliberate act, but said the incident needed to be investigated.

She also said they were concerned at claims by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that ambulances were only allowed access to the neighbourhood on Thursday - four days after the alleged incident.

The ICRC on Thursday accused Israel of failing to fulfil its duty to help wounded civilians in Gaza.

"In Gaza, there is a severe protection of civilians crisis. There is no safe haven, no safe space, for all the civilians, particularly children," Ms Pacheco told the BBC.

"Since the ground operation, the number of children killed has risen by 250%."

An estimated 770 Palestinians and 14 Israelis have died in nearly two weeks of Israel's air and ground offensive against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The UN Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.

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Comment by truth on January 10, 2009 at 11:29am
Agreed, this is horrible. This blood stain is soaking in to the fabric of this once great country.
Comment by Tara on January 10, 2009 at 1:41am
I am so disgusted in what is happening in the Gaza Strip right now that I don't have any words to describe what I'm feeling right now. I'm grief stricken for all Palestinains caught in the cross-fire. Israel has exhibited complete hubris and doesn't seem to care what happens to their neighbors, the Palestinians. What is wrong with this picture?

It makes me think how someone can get that attached to a religion and believe that by killing innocent lives they will be received because they are a Jew, Christian, Muslim or Buddhist. Didn't we hear that kind of talk from the great manipulator, Adolph Hitler? The hate he perpetrated is the same kind of hate coming out of the mouths of Israeli's and our beloved government. Isn't that special?.......Naught!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Personally, I believe that all religions came into being, to separate humanity into groups, cull us into a herd mentallity and eventually lead us into a state of fiefdom. We are on our way there if something doesn't take this locamotive of fear off the tracks.

I still have faith that America and all countries will have a mass awakening and bring back some sanity in the world. If peace has a meaning than we have a reason!

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