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Bombings of Gaza Civilian Targets Include Center for Disabled

HeadlineJul 14, 2014

In addition to bombing homes, Israel has carried out a number of attacks on Gaza’s civilian infrastructure. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights says the targets have included “charities, parks, sport clubs, and a mosque.” On Saturday, two women were killed and four others were critically wounded when an Israeli missile struck a center for the disabled.

Medical worker: “These are the targets of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu. These are remains of children. These are dolls for children. These are the targets of Bibi Netanyahu. These are the targets of the Jews. They are children in an organization for the disabled.”

The Israeli military says it fired a warning rocket to alert the center’s disabled residents of an impending bombing. But the center’s director told The New York Times that no one understood the warning, and that residents were “too handicapped to have fled the building on their own in any case.”

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