LONDON, April 19, 2008, (WAFA)-Amnesty International called on the Israeli government to immediately order a full and independent investigation into the killings of Palestinian civilians, including Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, by Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, Amnesty International said that at least 18 Palestinians, including children and other unarmed civilians, were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and more than 30 others were injured in attacks by Israeli planes and by ground forces using tanks in the Gaza Strip.
It added that those killed included Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, who was struck by fire from an Israeli tank. He had travelled to the scene in a car clearly marked 'TV-Press'. He was killed as he started to film the tank
Fadel Shana’s autopsy report and an investigation on the site of Fadel Shana’s death carried out by the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem showed that Fadel Shana had been killed by a flechette fired from a tank shell.
In 2003, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a petition calling for a ban on their use in the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International believes that flechette shells, which are filled with up to 5,000 five-centimeter-long steel darts or flechettes, each one potentially lethal, should never be used in populated areas.
'Fadel Shana appears to have been killed deliberately although he was a civilian taking no part in attacks on Israel’s forces,' said Amnesty International.
LONDON, April 19, 2008, (WAFA)-Amnesty International called on the Israeli government to immediately order a full and independent investigation into the killings of Palestinian civilians, including Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, by Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, Amnesty International said that at least 18 Palestinians, including children and other unarmed civilians, were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and more than 30 others were injured in attacks by Israeli planes and by ground forces using tanks in the Gaza Strip.
It added that those killed included Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, who was struck by fire from an Israeli tank. He had travelled to the scene in a car clearly marked 'TV-Press'. He was killed as he started to film the tank
Fadel Shana’s autopsy report and an investigation on the site of Fadel Shana’s death carried out by the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem showed that Fadel Shana had been killed by a flechette fired from a tank shell.
In 2003, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a petition calling for a ban on their use in the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International believes that flechette shells, which are filled with up to 5,000 five-centimeter-long steel darts or flechettes, each one potentially lethal, should never be used in populated areas.
'Fadel Shana appears to have been killed deliberately although he was a civilian taking no part in attacks on Israel’s forces,' said Amnesty International.
