Ensuring respect of international law to prepare for peace

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) are severely distressed by the escalation of the international humanitarian law and human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and strongly condemn the wide scale aerial offensive by the Israeli Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip which started on December 27th, 2008 and killed almost 300 Palestinians injuring almost 400 more. The events of December 27th makes it the single deadliest day in the Gaza strip since the occupation in 1967. - Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Source: fidh.org

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