Some 2-dozen Pals martyred; Amnesty slams Israeli demolitions

By: Ahmad Hammadi

RAFAH, Gaza Strip: Israeli helicopters pounded this refugee camp with missiles and machine gun fire Tuesday, leaving at least 20 Palestinians martyred and wounding dozens other while a London-based human rights watchdog severely condemned Israeli crimes against Palestinians.

Amnesty International Tuesday characterized the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip as war crimes in terms of the Geneva Conventions, saying they were examples of collective punishment and that, Israeli forces had leveled more than 3,000 homes over the last three and a half years.

“Israel's unjustified destruction of thousands of Palestinian and Arab Israeli homes as well as vast areas of agricultural land has reached an unprecedented level and must stop immediately,” the group said.

It called on Israel to halt all unlawful destruction of homes and land seizures whether for building Israeli settlements or for extending the wall through the occupied territories.

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Supreme Court okays Israeli destruction of homes

HELD JERUSALEM: Israel's top general on Sunday threatened the demolition of hundreds of Palestinian refugee homes after the Supreme Court cleared the way for flattening in a flashpoint Israeli-held corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border.

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