Israel vows to continue Gaza attacks despite civilian deaths
ISRAEL will keep targeting Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza despite the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.
He spoke out as tens of thousands of Palestinians buried 18 victims of an errant Israeli artillery strike.
Mr Olmert said the artillery was meant to hit an orange grove from which troops saw rockets fired seconds earlier, but instead hit homes in Beit Hanoun, some 500 metres away.
The military said the results of its inquiry concluded that the casualties were caused by Israeli army artillery.
The military statement said the inquiry determined the problem was a "technical failure" in the system that directs the fire.
Defence Minister Amir Peretz ordered the military to "re-evaluate its policy of artillery fire in Gaza, including the safety range," his ministry said in a statement.
Women collapsed in grief, gunmen fired in the air and a man hoisted his dead baby aloft during the funeral procession in Beit Hanoun
.
Email to a friend
Print this page- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North east
