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Thread #164041   Message #3924464
Posted By: Iains
14-May-18 - 04:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Israel's Sharpville
Subject: RE: BS: Israel's Sharpville
The official toll for Sharpsville was that 69 people were killed, including 8 women and 10 children, and 180 injured, including 31 women and 19 children. Many were shot in the back as they turned to flee, causing some to be paralyzed.

For Gaza
Palestinian Health Ministry officials said 55 protesters were killed and 2,700 injured either by live gunfire, tear gas or other means.

“Already more than ten children have been killed and a thousand have been hurt, many suffering from life changing injuries. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, there are dozens of cases of children suffering extreme injuries. These include having to have limbs amputated or have had their bones shattered by shrapnel or live ammunition. Some have been hit in the torso, face, neck and head.
"An analysis carried out last week by Save the Children and their partner organisation MAAN Development Centre, found that out of 500 injuries to children for which detailed information was obtained, 250 children (almost 50 percent) had been hit with live ammunition.

"The White House declined to join in urging Israel to exercise restraint and pinned the blame squarely on Gaza's ruling Hamas group - backing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who described the Israeli military's actions as self-defence of his country's borders."

21st century technology against stones. Massacre is really the only word that fits, although if the death toll keeps climbing perhaps ethnic cleansing would be a more apt description.

Just imagine the outrage should Assad have performed such a dastardly deed, or Russia, or Iran.

Is “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark ??”