Killing Them Where They Hide: Israel Targets U.N. School Havens in Gaza
by C. L. Cook
 If there was any doubt Israel's latest campaign of death and horror visited against the refugee populations of the Gaza ghetto was anything other than a war of extermination, this latest outrage should dispel finally that.
Palestinian child among scores seeking shelter at U.N.-run School
Thousands of Gazans have fled their homes, many at the telephoned advice of the Israeli Defense Forces themselves, this being Israel's version of humanitarian warfare - ringing up victims before bombing their homes. Where does a walled-in population run when their homes are being bombed and strafed and run over by tanks?
For many Gazans the answer was the United Nations-run schools. They sought shelter there, but if they believed there they would find haven, the Israeli Defense Forces proved them wrong today, (though to be fair, Israel's IDF has a record of repeatedly targeting the U.N. in Palestine and Lebanon).
[Pacific Free Press apologizes for our recent down time, but reassure it was absolutely unavoidable. Since this article was penned, (Jan. 5, 2008) Israel charged the bombing of the U.N.-sponsored school was in retaliation for mortars and/or rockets fired from the grounds. The IDF released video of purported attackers on school grounds they now admit were not taken from the U.N. School. - ed]
Below unsanctioned video from Al Jazeera's Mosaic program, found at Link TV here.
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