Final Gaza toll shows 960 civilians killed - group

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"Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed 1,434 people, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers and 235 fighters, a Palestinian human rights group said on Thursday.

Israel carried out attacks by air, land and sea from Dec. 27 to Jan. 18 in a bid, it said, to force Hamas and other militant Islamist groups to stop firing rockets and mortars at southern Israeli towns across their border.

"The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights' investigations reveal that throughout the course of the assault, Israeli Occupation Forces used excessive, indiscriminate force, in violation of the principle of distinction," the group said in a report (www.pchrgaza.org)."

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"The rights group said 288 children and 121 women were among civilians killed in the bombing and shelling.

"The Ministry of Health have also confirmed that a total of 5,303 Palestinians were injured in the assault, including 1,606 children and 828 women," it said.

It called for an international investigation into "crimes committed by the Israeli forces and Israel's conduct of hostilities" and "prosecution of all political and military officials" accused."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKLC458176._CH_.2420

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1. Gaza group revises final death toll figures

GAZA, March 20 (Reuters) - Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed 1,417 people including 926 civilians, 255 police officers and 236 fighters, a Palestinian rights group said, in a revision of its earlier figures.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (www.pchrgaza.org) issued a revised tally of a March 12 "final" account, which was accompanied by a list of names of all the dead.


http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSLK940167

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2. thanks for the link

http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/campaigns/english/aftermath/5.html

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3. You're welcome

PCHR-Gaza is a group that is willing to take both Israelis and Palestinians to task for what they believe to be human rights violations.