Tuesday 7 September 2010
Hamas Must End Attacks on Civilians ☀
(Jerusalem) - Hamas should be held accountable for two new attacks against Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and those who ordered and participated in the attacks should be prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today.
The first attack, on August 31, 2010, killed four people and the second, on September 1, wounded two. Hamas’s armed wing, Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility and called the attacks part of “a series of operations.” “Hamas’s deliberate attacks on civilians are egregious crimes,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Legitimate Palestinian grievances about illegal Israeli settlements do not justify the attacks. Attacking civilians is never justified. It should stop.”
