Saturday, October 16, 2010

Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine) has issued an Urgent Appeal for Israeli Army to cease violence

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Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine) has issued an Urgent Appeal (UA 4/10) requesting that the Israeli army ceases the practice of targeting unarmed children adjacent to the border in Gaza.

Last Wednesday and Thursday (13/14 October), two more children from Gaza were shot whilst collecting building gravel close to the border with Israel. The children estimate that they were between 450-700 metres away from the border at the time of the shooting. Read more