Israel created ‘terror without mercy’ aimed at population of Gaza

Israeli 'summary executions' in Gaza. Tel Aviv created 'terror without mercy' during its latest war on Gaza..."The wide range of attacks with sophisticated weaponry was predominantly focused on terrorizing the population." (Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights & the Palestinian Medical Relief Society)

Human rights groups contradict Israeli claims of morality, saying Tel Aviv created 'terror without mercy' during its latest war on Gaza. "The wide range of attacks with sophisticated weaponry was predominantly focused on terrorizing the population," the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights, along with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, said in a Monday report.

The report, also covered in the Guardian, confirmed that the Israeli army had violated codes of ethics and international law during the war on Gaza by attacking medics and refusing to allow the treatment of those wounded. "Intimidation, threats, humiliation, inhumane treatment leading to summary executions of some most vulnerable categories of civilians (children, women, the elderly), are perhaps the most blatant violations confirmed by several testimonies," reads the report.

Testimonies from 44 people in Gaza gathered by five international medical experts revealed that during the three-week war on Gaza, civilians had been "attacked by the Israeli forces on the ground for no apparent justifiable reason." "In several cases the attacks were clearly intentional," the report affirmed. Tel Aviv in late December launched Operation Cast Lead on the territory -- home to 1.5 million Palestinians -- allegedly in "retaliation for Palestine rocket attacks on Israel".

This is while UN reports indicate that Tel Aviv intentionally began the bloodshed by breaking the Egyptian-brokered six-month truce in Gaza. Israel and the democratically elected Palestinian government confined to the Gaza Strip agreed in mid June 2008 to a six-month truce. While reports indicated that Tel Aviv had initially broken the truce with its tanks and bulldozers and crossed the southern border of the Gaza Strip on November 4 and 5, echelons in the United States and Israel insisted otherwise.

In addition to the nearly 1,400 lost lives, the onslaught cost the Palestinian economy at least $1.6 billion, destroying some 4,000 residential buildings and damaging 16,000 other houses.

Original article from Press TV   Tue, 07 Apr 2009