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Adventurer
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 Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:20 am Post subject: Israel expresses regret for Gaza deaths; IDF chief orders |
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Israel expresses regret for Gaza deaths; IDF chief orders probe
By Amos Harel and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Wednesday expressed regret over the deaths of 19 Palestinians in shelling on a northern Gaza town, and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz appointed a general to investigate the incident.
At least 50 people were wounded when artillery fire struck a residential area in the town of Beit Hanun. Eight children and four women were among the dead.
Olmert and Peretz also offered emergency humanitarian assistance and medical care for those wounded in the attack.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/785473.html
[It is quite possible that it was an accident. Still, Olmert is responsible for the amount of carnage and civilian deaths.] |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: Israel expresses regret for Gaza deaths; IDF chief order |
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[Still, Olmert is responsible for the amount of carnage and civilian deaths.] |
Indeed. This whole operation is necessary only to show Olmert's electorate that he is more Sharon than Sharon. What's a few score accidently dead civillians in an important PR exercise like this? |
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