Resource: Over Half Of Palestinians Killed In 'Pillar of Defense' Were Civilians

[Purveyor]

Human rights organization B’Tselem published a report reviewing harm to civilians in Operation Pillar of Defense. The report provides statistics on the numbers of Palestinians and Israelis killed over the course of the operation, which lasted from November 14 to 21, 2012. The report challenges the common perception in the Israeli public and media that the operation was ‘surgical’ and caused practically no fatalities among uninvolved Palestinian civilians. Furthermore, the report finds that there was a significant difference between the first and the final days of the operation: of the uninvolved Palestinian fatalities, 80 percent were killed in the last four days of the operation.

According to B’Tselem’s investigation, 167 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military during the operation. This number includes 62 Palestinians who took part in the hostilities and seven other who were targets of assassination. Of the remaining fatalities, 87 did not take part in the hostilities. With regard to 11 fatalities B’Tselem was unable to determine whether or not they had taken part in the hostilities.

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[oberliner]

1. As were all of the Israeli ones

As outlined in the same B'tselem report found at the link.

Interested parties should most certainly read that report in its entirety.

[azurnoir]

2. yes there were 4 Israeli civilian casualties

and I know for some here a mere 87 Palestinians civilian is trivial, indeed

[oberliner]

3. Did you read the report?

There is nothing trivial about any civilian casualty. In fact, the report painstakingly details the circumstances around each and every one (Palestinian and Israeli). Hardly trivial.

[azurnoir]

4. yes I did what part of would come up, however I have read B'tselem's

report elsewhere too

[oberliner]

5. Is that a sentence?

I cannot make heads or tails out of the part before the comma.