Occupation Kills Children

Occupation Kills Children

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March 7, 2005 02:14 PM mpt@michiganpeaceteam.org

Occupation Kills Children

514 Palestinian, 97 Israeli kids dead in Mideast conflict

Analysis examines those 16 and under who have been killed since 2000.

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip -- With the deafening explosion of a tank shell in a strawberry patch, Maryam and Kamel Ghaben, a Palestinian farming couple, lost three of their sons, a grandson and a nephew -- all children and young teens.

Israeli soldiers had aimed at a Palestinian rocket squad, but witnesses say the militants were gone by the time the shell hit the youngsters, ages 10 to 16, who were helping with the harvest. "Sadness will never leave our hearts," says the Ghabens' oldest son, Ghassan, 35, who was first on the scene and found his 10-year-old boy, Rajeh, among the dead.

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