“An
investigation carried out by AP has stated that 508 of 844 victims in
air strikes on residential buildings during Israel’s Operation
Protective Edge that unfolded previous summer in Gaza were women,
children and elderly people. The agency studied 247 attacks that
targeted residential buildings only – out of about 5,000 strikes
conducted by the Israeli forces. Under the rules of war, civilian
homes cannot be used as targets for air strikes.”
“The
probe concluded that about 10 percent, or 96, of those killed in the
strikes were confirmed or suspected militants. A further 240 dead
were males between 16 and 59 years old, whose names weren’t linked
to any armed groups.”
“Finally,
508 of the 844 victims were women - whom Hamas says they do not
recruit – children and elderly people. In particular, children
under 16 constituted about 30 per cent of the total deaths: 280
killed, among these 19 babies and 108 kids between 1 and 5 years
old.”
“AP
said that the actual death toll, including actual militants, could be
higher as armed groups have not released detailed casualty lists.
According to Israel’s figures about 890 militants were killed in
Gaza, among them 590 from Hamas, 200 from Islamic Jihad and 100 from
other armed factions. A death toll in airstrikes on homes has not
been provided.”
“Preliminary
UN figures have demonstrated that the total death toll from the
50-day conflict – the third and most tense between Israel and Hamas
since 2008 – was 2,205 people. 66 percent of the toll were
Palestinian civilians – 1,483 people. On the part of Israel, 66
soldiers and 6 civilians lost their lives.”
“The
deadliest attack recorded in Gaza happened at 7.30 am on July 29,
which is a Muslim holiday. 33 people from four families were killed,
and also a young girl from a home nearby, as an apartment building
was targeted in Khan Younis. The war started in July, following the
killing of three Israeli teens by Hamas in the West Bank, as well as
Israeli arrests of Hamas supporters.”
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