"We have received disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes," said spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.
"Such reports raise doubts about whether the Israeli air strikes have been in accordance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law," she told reporters.
International humanitarian law is UN-speak for the laws of war, and Shamdasani said targeting homes was a violation unless the buildings were being used for military purposes and even then, restrictions apply, AFP reports.......(The Voice of Russia)
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No talk of ceasefire with Israel: Hamas...
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"There have been no mediation efforts serious enough to warrant the blood of our martyrs," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told Anadolu Agency.
"We are facing a war by Israel on the Palestinian people," he said.
At least 100 Gazans, mostly civilians, have been killed and hundreds injured since Monday in a series of Israeli airstrikes.
Israel's military offensive, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge," is ostensibly aimed at ending rocket fire from Gaza.
Gaza-based resistance factions, meanwhile, have continued to fire rockets into Israel – without causing any fatalities thus far – in response to the unrelenting airstrikes.
By Mohamed Maged
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/357533--no-talk-of-ceasefire-with-israel-hamas
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