Civilians at risk amid new attacks in Israel and Gaza

19 August 2011 Amnesty International urges Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups to refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks harming civilians. Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups must refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks harming civilians, Amnesty International said today, following several attacks in southern Israel and a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. Palestinian armed groups reportedly fired at least 10 indiscriminate rockets into southern Israel today, injuring at least six people - one seriously - in the Israeli…

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