773 Civilians Killed in Gaza
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JERUSALEM – More than half the Palestinians killed in fighting in Gaza is a civilian. The fact that a report of a group of human rights defenders Israel B’Tselem.A report released today, Wednesday (9/9/2009), these statistics and argue that the Israeli military released that the majority of the victims killed were Hamas fighters.The report is in line with reports another human rights group such as Amnesty International and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, concerning the invasion of Israel during the 22 days that ended in January 2009.B’Tselem says there are 1387 Palestinians were killed in the war, consisted of 773 civilians, 330 fighters, 248 cops Hamas, and 36 people who can not be classified as a combatant or non-combatants.Among the civilian victims who died, called B’Tselem, 320 are children under the age of 18 years. Such as reported by Reuters.Israeli military earlier declared 1166 Palestinians have been killed in that operation was called Cast Lead, consisting of 709 fighters, 295 civilians, 162 of people whose status could not be clarified.In a statement, B’Tselem researchers have confirmed to visit the houses in Gaza to take confession and witnesses to bring documents to collect data of this victim. The agency also urged Tel Aviv to hold an independent investigation of the war.

