Gaza, an open air prison.

originally posted by: voyger2
With the base of the problem: OCCUPATION !!!

You are very confused, Gaza is not occupied!

a reply to: hellobruce and a reply to: hellobruce

No, no confusion at all. OPT: Occupied Palestinian Territory (did you miss it on the Amnesty report, the acronym OPT?)

PALESTINE is Illegally OCCUPIED, Not GAZA.

Don't keep going around in circles in the Hamas rant (they will be judge as Israel, don't worry).

And for what it is been said: Hamas is a creation of Israel: Israel behind Hamas - new Assange revelations

The WikiLeaks founder accused Israeli authorities of supporting Hamas group at its early stages in order to divide the Palestinian resistance.
Julian Assange told the paper:

"Our cables reveal that Israel supported Hamas in its infancy, that Hamas was used as an instrument to divide the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO] and the Palestinian resistance."

Base of the problem: OCCUPATION! Theft of land, Genocide attempts, Imprisonment, starvation, water and medicine control,harassment, undiscriminated shelling and killing of civilians. And don't YOU KEEP ignoring that!!!!

IDF: Nothing illegal in Gaza strike that killed three journalists

The chief military prosecutor investigates the IDF’s killing of three journalists and finds that ‘the [mortar] fire was carried out in accordance with Israeli and international law,’ in response to intensive fire toward IDF troops.

IDF Military Advocate General Danny Efroni decided not to open a criminal investigation into the killing of three journalists, among others, during Operation Protective Edge last summer, according the IDF prosecutor.

On July 30, 2014, IDF forces shelled the market area of the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza. Rami Rayan, 26, who reportedly worked as a cameraman for Gaza-based news agency PNJM, was killed on the spot in the shelling. Muhammad al-Diri, 26, who also worked as a cameraman for the same news agency, was wounded and died a few days later. Same al-Ariyan, 28, who worked as a presenter on Hamas’s television station Al-Aqsa, was also wounded in the shelling and died hours later.

Since the end of “Protective Edge,” the IDF General Staff, led by Gen. Noam Tivon, has been reviewing various incidents in which it is suspected that IDF soldiers broke the law. Roughly six months ago, the IDF Prosecutor announced [Hebrew] that the General Staff had examined a different incident, in which Gaza journalist Hamed Shaheb was killed, and reached the conclusion that there was no evidence Shaheb indeed worked as a journalist. It added that his vehicle was bombed because it was transporting weaponry.

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originally posted by: hellobruce
Off topic, this thread is about Gaza....

There is nothing off-topic here.

originally posted by: hellobruce
You ignore that was started by the Hamas terrorists, Israel was just defending itself, which it would not have to do if the Hamas terrorists did not attack Israel... but as we have seen according to you Israel is not allowed to defend itself against terrorist attacks...

Prove that!

originally posted by: hellobruce
Human Rights Council:"In other attacks, it was unclear what the target was. At around 1830 hours on 20 July, three missiles hit two apartments in a nine-storey building in the Remal area of Gaza City. Eleven persons, including seven children and three women, were killed."
Your quote: Buildings used to store Hamas rockets, as Hamas use human shields .

For that incident (war crime) in particular, prove that the building was being used by Hamas!

originally posted by: hellobruce
Human Rights Council:"an Israeli air strike hit a three-storey residential building of six apartments [..] killing 25 members of the same family.
Your quote:Again used by Hamas terrorists to store rockets and ammo.

For that incident (war crime) in particular, prove it was being used by Hamas.

originally posted by: hellobruce
Beit Hanoun
Human Rights Council: It is unclear in this case whether the IDF took all feasible precautions to ensure that the area was free of civilians before its attack

Your quote:You ignore this....

The Israeli Defense forces claimed that "the IDF encountered heavy fire in vicinity of the school, including anti-tank missile.

So again Hamas terrorists using schools to attack Israel from...

For this War Crime at Beit Hanoun, prove that was the case!

originally posted by: hellobruce
Human Rights Council:Attacks on schools serving as United Nations-designated shelters for internally-displaced persons.

Your quote: As Amnesty international said, Hamas terrorists use schools to store rockets and attack Israel from...

On three occasions UNRWA confirmed that weapons components had been placed in three vacant UNRWA schools in Gaza in breach of the inviolability of United Nations premises [..]

Your claim there applies to three occasians, provide information/evidence to bomb 235 schools:

According to United Nations figures, 26 government schools were totally destroyed and 209 schools sustained damages (122 government schools, 83 UNRWA schools and four private schools

originally posted by: hellobruce
Human Rights Council: Attacks on hospitals and medical personnel

Your quote: As amnesty international said, Hamas terrorists use hospitals as bases and to store rockets....

According to Amnesty the following situation "in the vicinity of the hospital":

On 21 July 2014, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir El Balah was directly hit numerous times, killing three people, including one patient, and injuring at least 40 others. [..] The IDF claimed that the target was a cache of anti-tank missiles in the hospital’s immediate vicinity

Even if that is true, please provide evidence for the 17 hospitals and 56 primary health clinics that were destroyed.

originally posted by: hellobruce
Attacks on other civilian objects and infrastructure
Used by Hamas to launch their rockets from....

Of course, Hamas were "hiding or launching rocket"s at:
"18,080 units, housing that were totally destroyed or severely damaged ";
"Water Utility, 63 water facilities were damaged; among them 23 were completely destroyed"
" wastewater pumping station "
" The only power station in Gaza "
" 17,000 hectares of cropland and other agricultural infrastructure was substantially damaged,"
" 3 universities were directly hit in Israeli strikes and 8 universities sustained collateral damage";
"UNRWA estimates that 118 of its installations, including schools, health centres, and warehouses."

I will wait for proof/evidence for ALL Your CLAIMS or IDF by that matter.

I will let here another report for later analysis.
Israel killed more Palestinians in 2014 than in any other year since 1967

REPORT: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territor

Take a look at this video
After Banksy: the parkour guide to Gaza – video

In response to graffiti artist Banksy's Make this the Year YOU Discover a New Destination Gaza tourist video, the territory's parkour team show us what real life is like there and their dreams beyond the border. To the sounds of Palestine's biggest female hip-hop artist, Shadia Mansour, join Abdallah AlQassab and the rest of the free-running team as they flip, somersault and leap their way round the ruined city