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Posted on March 23, 2009 | tags

 
 

World: Impeding medical care? Israel criticized over wartime ethics

  • Israel placed numerous obstacles in the course of the operation that impeded emergency medical evacuation of the sick and wounded and also caused families to be trapped for days without food, water and medications.
  • A report by the Physicians for Human Rights • On the 22-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in January. Part of the reason this criticism is so damning: The fighting had a large civilian toll, which Israel was roundly criticized for at the time. • source