Middle East
Publisher:
Author: NYTimes
12 Jul 2014
As Israel Hits Mosque and Clinic, Air Campaign’s Risks Come Home
As Israel s air war against Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters in Gaza entered its sixth day on Saturday, a pair of bombings threw the difficulties of the campaign into painful relief: Israel bombed a mosque, which its aerial photos indicated was harboring a weapons cache, and a center for the handicapped, killing two handicapped patients and wounding three, as well as a caretaker.
Publisher:
Author: International News
11 Jul 2014
Israeli strikes on Palestinian homes could breach laws of war: UN
Israel could be violating the laws of war by bombing Palestinian homes in Gaza, the UN s human rights office said Friday, as the death toll from the Israeli strikes rose to 100. "We have received disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes," said spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani..