Saturday March 07, 2009 04:32
by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News 
Amnesty International has released a report saying that Israel engaged in “wanton destruction” of Palestinian homes during its recent invasion of the Gaza Strip.
An estimated 14,000 homes, 219 factories, and 240 schools were destroyed in the three-week long Israeli attack in January.
The Amnesty report to say that this ‘wanton destruction’ would qualify as a war crime, as there was no military objective in most cases.
A group of Israeli soldiers have echoed the findings of the Amnesty report. ‘Breaking the Silence’ is an organization made up of Israeli soldiers who have served in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The group’s president, Yehuda Shaul, said that the group has gathered testimonies from soldiers who were part of the Gaza invasion, and the testimonies indicate that most of the demolition was done after an area was under Israeli control.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians were rendered homeless during the Israeli invasion of Gaza, and fourteen hundred were killed. Of those, one thousand were civilians. Fourteen Israelis were killed during the same time period, nine of whom were soldiers.
Tags: Amnesty International report, Gaza, Israel, Israeli soldiers, Palestinian homes, wanton destruction, war crime, Yehuda Shaul
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