RAMALLAH, May 21, 2007, (WAFA)-Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa al-Barghouthi said on Monday that what Israel is perpetrating in the Gaza Strip is as war crimes that can not be tolerated.

In a press release, al-Bargouthi said that the "F-16" warplanes bombarded al- Shajaiyeh neighborhood in east Gaza as an attempt to assassinate the PLC member Khalil al-Hayya. This shelling resulted in killing of 11 victims, including nine civilians along with 25 other wounded.

He stressed that this Israeli crime is not only an attack on the PLC member, who played an important role in stopping internal fighting and access to national unity, but at the same can be noted that Israel has given itself the right to kill, destroy and target everything that is Palestinian, whether a child or a woman or an elderly.

Al-Bargouthi concluded that the Israeli aggression must be curbed by the international community, calling on the world to raise its voice to stop the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

M.H.(10:40 P)(07:40 GMT)