World blind to Israeli murder machine

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report Tuesday October 05, 2004 15:40 by Ali H.

body count of 31 civilians including 19 children under 18 yrs.

Fifty thousand innocent Palestinians are trapped without food and water in areas seized by hundreds of Israeli troops, backed by about 200 tanks and armoured vehicles, who are systematically destroying what few material possessions the people have left.

The innocent dead include a teenage girl shot in her home, and a four-year-old boy killed in Khan Yunis refugee camp, where several Palestinian children have been shot dead in recent weeks.

On top of the Israeli carnage and murder of innocent children many people are reduced to living in tents following the wanton destruction of over 50 homes In Jabaliya. The only reason for their destruction was to make way for Israeli tanks who preferred to bulldoze homes than use the streets. The "brave" Israeli murderers were afraid of a few booby traps it would seem.

The deliberate destruction of sewage systems by Israeli stormtroopers has contaminated the water supplies, and thousands of people have spent days without electricity and water. Again in Jabaliya the Israeli army has bulldozed greenhouses that are many families' only source of income. Over the past three years the army has levelled 60% of Beit Hanoun's agricultural land, destroying its wealth and the main source of citrus fruit and olives in the Gaza Strip.

The murder, torture and systematic collective punishment of the Palestinian people must end.