Contributions

  • Garlasco, Marc E. - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Human Rights Watch, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

10,750 words, Guess

Page Count

43 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCDS119.767 .H86 2009

Alternate Titles

  • Gaza civilians killed by Israeli drone-launched missiles
  • Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, precisely wrong

Description

This 39-page report details six incidents resulting in 29 civilian deaths, among them eight children. Human Rights Watch found that Israeli forces failed to take all feasible precautions to verify that these targets were combatants, as required by the laws of war, or that they failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have reported a total of 42 drone attacks that killed civilians, 87 in all, during the fighting in December 2008 and January 2009. "Precisely Wrong" is based on field research in Gaza, where Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed victims and witnesses, examined attack sites, collected missile debris for testing, and reviewed medical records. The Israel Defense Forces turned down repeated Human Rights Watch requests for a meeting and did not respond to questions submitted in writing.--Publisher description.

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