FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, smoke rises following explosions caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza City. Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and wantonly destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International said Thursday July 2, 2009, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)From Yahoo News/AP:
JERUSALEM – Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza.
Amnesty called on Israel to publicly pledge not to use artillery, white phosphorus and other imprecise weapons in densely populated areas. And it urged Gaza's militant Hamas rulers to stop rocket fire against Israeli civilians — attacks it also described as war crimes.
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My Comment: I call this report stating the obvious .... but war is what it is.
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