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Over and Over GOVEAR ANZD OAVER SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ISRAEL AGGRESSION INTO THE GAZA STRIP DEC 08 - FEB 09 DID HAMAS REALLY USING CIVILIAN AS HUMAN SHIELDS? EVIDENCE SHOWS ISRAEL USING WHITE PHOSPHORUS PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE SUPPORTING GAZA PUBLISHED BY NO MORE IGNORANCE © 2009 BLOODY NEW YEAR IN PALESTINE BY BEN HEINE STOP GAZA GENOCIDE BY FIREFLYWAYFEARER What Happened in Gaza 06 Inside Gaza 40 Wounded & Dead 14 Prosecute Israel 49 Truth & Lies 15 The Boycott Works 50 Ilegal Weapons 24 Video Links 56 Doctor Witnesses 26 Around The World 57 Contents Israel War Crimes 33 Behind The Scene 68 GAZA : THE RABBIT & THE TURTLE BY LATUFF2 “ Once again, the “ Perhaps one day we world is watching in will understand WHAT dismay the how wrong our HAPPENED dysfunctionality of actions in this IN GAZA the Security region have been Council.” from time immemorial.” Miguel d'Escoto, David Grossman, UN General Assembly Chief Ha’aretz Journalist Israeli Newspaper The official Palestinian position is that and Israel on the north and east. Accords, much of the Strip came cabinet formally declared an end to the territories are considered under limited Palestinian Authority military rule in the Gaza Strip after 38 On the west, it is bounded by the occupied, and that holds the status of control. years of control. Mediterranean Sea. History occupying power. In February 2005 the Israeli Following withdrawal, Israel retains The Strip's borders were originally Gaza is a narrow strip of land in the The Israeli government disputes this, government voted to implement offshore maritime control and control defined by the armistice lines Middle East not currently recognized especially after the implementation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan for of airspace over the Strip. Israel between Egypt and Israel after the internationally as a de jure part of any the disengagement plan. Some Israeli unilateral disengagement from the withdrew from the "Philadelphi 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which followed sovereign country. It takes its name right-wing Zionists and their Gaza Strip beginning on August 15, Route" that is adjacent to the Strip's the dissolution of the British mandate from Gaza, its main city. sympathizers consider the Gaza Strip 2005. border with Egypt after an agreement of Palestine. to be an occupied part of Israel. with the latter to secure its side of the Gaza is one of the most densely The plan required the dismantling of It was occupied by Egypt (except for border. populated territories on earth, with Geographically, the Strip forms the all Israeli settlements there, and the four months of Israeli occupation about 1.4 million residents in an area westernmost portion of the territories removal of all Israeli settlers and The future political status of the Gaza during the Suez Crisis) until it was of 360 km². The Strip is under the referred to by many as the Palestinian military bases from the Strip, a Strip remains undecided, and is captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day jurisdiction of the Palestinian territories in Southwest Asia, having process that was completed on claimed as part of any prospective War. In 1993, after the Palestinian- Authority. land borders with on the south-west September 12, 2005 as the Israeli Palestinian state.[] Israeli agreements known as the Oslo This document is intellectual property of No More Ignorance team. Non-commercial distribution is allowed. All photos and artworks displayed are belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. 06 with more than 16,000 living as many as 20 to a small tent “The Israeli soldiers The Day without latrines, as supplies shelled the house remain blocked at the borders. On December 27, 2008, Israel and killed my launched a devastating 22 day Single-limb fractures and the and night bombardment of the walking wounded are not mother, my father, Gaza strip. included in the above figures, according to renowned British my baby girl and 25 The assault left, amidst an surgeon Dr. Swee Ang, currently estimated 600,000 tons of other members of conducting an on-the-ground concrete rubble, some 1,740 dead medical investigation in Gaza. my family. (this figure includes more than 350 'forgotten' stillbirths and Dr. Swee and her medical Why? We are not trauma-caused abortions in Gaza colleagues estimate that of the during the 22 days of terror), a severely injured, 1,600 will suffer Hamas, we are not figure that increases as the permanent disabilities. These fighters. Why did severely injured continue to die. include amputations, spinal cord injuries, head injuries, and large they do this to us?” A majority of the victims were burns with crippling contractures. civilians, including nearly 900 (again including the stillborn) Also bombed were 68 children, approximately 5,500 government buildings and 31 severely wounded, and more than NGO complexes, buildings all of one third of the 1.5 million which were completely or population was displaced while partially destroyed. more than 14,000 homes were Property damage and loss of completely destroyed. livelihood has been estimated at Approximately 92,000 close to 2 billion dollars.[] Salah Sammouni, Palestinians are still homeless Gaza Citizen This document is intellectual property of No More Ignorance team. Non-commercial distribution is allowed. All photos and artworks displayed are belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. 07 FREEGAZA GAZAINVADERS GAME OVER BY SORCERESSMYRJOSÉ SALA BY L’ALBERO PALESTINE THE LOST LAND BY KACHAKOU FREE GAZA BY SORCERESSMYR STOP WAR BY HARLISKUDO WHY DO THEY ATTACK US BY LATUFF2 CHILDREN OF GAZA TINTIN IN GAZA BY UAEAPPLE BY CARLOS ECO Total Number Civilian Deaths Among Deaths Among Of Deaths Deaths Women Children 1285 895 111 281 Northern Gaza Strip : 461 Northern Gaza Strip : 400 Northern Gaza Strip : 54 Northern Gaza Strip : 125 Gaza City : 534 Gaza City : 314 Gaza City : 41 Gaza City : 106 Central Gaza Strip : 157 Central Gaza Strip : 81 Central Gaza Strip : 10 Central Gaza Strip : 21 Khan Yunis : 83 Khan Yunis : 61 Khan Yunis : 5 Khan Yunis : 16 Rafah : 50 Rafah : 39 Rafah : 1 Rafah : 13 “The most Total Of moral Wounded Wounded The Wounded Women Children 4336 army in 735 1133 the world” Northern Gaza Strip : 1914 Northern Gaza Strip : 385 Northern Gaza Strip : 591 Gaza City : 1000 Gaza City : 100 Gaza City : 200 Central Gaza Strip : 530 Central Gaza Strip : 90 Central Gaza Strip : 140 WOUNDED Khan Yunis : 395 Khan Yunis : 76 Khan Yunis : 100 Rafah : 497 Ehud Olmert Rafah : 84 Rafah : 102 AND DEAD commenting Israel military of the Palestinian legislative IDF destroyed 5 factories of in Gaza does not meet the World Israeli Side Council. concrete and one of juice. Health Organization standards for 13 Israelis lost their lives during drinking. Half the population of IDF destroyed 21 private the conflict, including that of a Palestinian Side IDF destroyed 60 police stations. Gaza city has access to water for projects, including cafeterias, Merkava Tank misfire and other IDF destroyed buildings of 5 only several hours a week. IDF attacked ambulances and wedding halls, tourist resorts and incidents stemming from combat. media institutions and 2 health vehicles of civil defense and relief hotels. 1 million Palestinians have no Out of those figures, 5 were killed ones. services. IDF destroyed 30 mosques access to electricity. engaging Hamas combatants, 4 IDF have destroyed 29 were killed by friendly fire, and 1 2,400 houses were completely completely and 15 others A total of 53 installations used educational institutions was killed when Hamas rockets hit destroyed, including 490 were partially. by the United Nations Relief and completely or partially. a military base inside Israel. destroyed by air strikes. IDF destroyed offices of 10 Works agency were damaged or IDF have razed thousands of destroyed during Israel's Gaza 3 Israeli civilians lost their lives IDF destroyed 28 public civilian charitable societies. donums of agricultural land. campaign including 37 schools - as a result of the conflict. [] facilities, including buildings of a IDF destroyed 121 industrial and six of which were being used as number of ministries, commercial workshops and An estimated 400,000 people in emergency shelters - six health municipalities, governorates, Gaza have no access to running Statistics taken from Palestinian damaged at least 200 others. centres, and two warehouses. Centre for Human Rights & Amnesty fishing harbors and the building water; 80% of the water supplied This document is intellectual property of No More Ignorance team. Non-commercial distribution is allowed. All photos and artworks displayed are belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. 14 TRUTH AND LIES civilians, in purpose and here are Khaled was supposed to get Sua'ad outside with my family."Told to strip to sandpit. The soldiers dug several some. but his mother got injured. It was his underwear, Mr Dayer said his foxholes. madness and I really can't hands were tied behind his back with » An Israeli spokesman told Herald it Hamas Using Civilian as understand what happened. What white plastic cables, then he was did not comment on operational Kawther Abed Rabo and her husband did I do to get my angels killed in moved into the sandpit area. Human Shields? matters. But he stressed the Israeli and mother-in-law were in their front of my eyes? Khaled lost his military does not use anyone as house, looking for a safe room in mind and went back out asking them Mohammed Madhoun, 22, a media Its a myth Israel used to say every "human shields". which to take cover. Then a voice on a to shoot him but they didn't!” and public relations student at the Al- time they hits or kills civilians.
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