Israel Kill 693 Women and Children Within Uprising: PNA Official

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Israel Kill 693 Women and Children Within Uprising: PNA Official

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Since the beginning of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, in late September two years ago, the Israeliarmy have killed 162 women and 531 children, a senior Palestinian National Authority (PNA) official said on Wednesday.

PNA Minister of Health Ahmed Shibi said that to reporters while showing a report he is intending to send to the United Nations and other countries.

Since January 2002 alone, Israeli soldiers shot dead in both West Bank and Gaza 116 Palestinian women and 226 Palestinian children, he said.

Shibi stressed that most of women and children were victims of the Israeli army shells that were fired by Israeli soldiers during raids and incursions into the Palestinian controlled areas in the West Bank and Gaza.

"They were not involved in the conflict, and they were killed while they were sleeping in their homes, or practicing their normal daily life," he added.

Shibi condemned the Israeli practices on the ground against the "defenseless Palestinians," adding "the Israeli actions are a severe violation of Geneva Fourth Convention to protect civilians in times of war."

He warned of the serious medical situation in the Palestinian territories that most of the Palestinian women and children are facing under the Israeli occupation.

The PNA minister called upon the international community to urge Israel to stop killing Palestinian women and children, saying "the whole world and human organizations must safe the medical life of the Palestinians, and oblige Israel to implement the international laws and the Geneva Convention."

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