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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors: Goldstone, Jilani, and Chinkin. The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, also known as the Goldstone Report, was a United Nations fact-finding mission established in April 2009 pursuant to Resolution A/HRC/RES/S-9/1 of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC ...
The Gaza War, also known as the First Gaza War, [29] [30] [31] Operation Cast Lead (Hebrew: מִבְצָע עוֹפֶרֶת יְצוּקָה), [32] or the Gaza Massacre (Arabic: مجزرة غزة), [33] [34] [35] and referred to as the Battle of al-Furqan (معركة الفرقان) by Hamas, [36] [37] was a three-week armed conflict between ...
On January 16, Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, an Israeli-trained Palestinian doctor of Gaza, and regular figure on Israel's Channel 10 where he reported on the medical crisis, broke down when contacted for his nightly report by informing viewers that he had just lost three daughters and a niece in the fighting, prompting numerous calls of concern ...
During the first major Israel-Hamas war in 2008 to 2009, known as Operation Cast Lead, Hamas said that fewer than 50 of the 1,400 dead in Gaza had been combatants.
The book then gives individual attention to Israel's military operations in Gaza since 2008, most notably Operation Cast Lead of 2008–2009, Operation Pillar of Defense of 2012 and Operation Protective Edge of 2014. The Goldstone Report is also discussed in
The UN report on the conflict was denounced by the United States Congress [102] and Israeli leadership, with Benjamin Netanyahu stating that the report, and Judge Richard Goldstone, its lead author, were grave threats to Israel. [103] Goldstone was subjected to personal attacks. [104]
Israel’s operation to rescue four hostages took weeks of preparation and involved hundreds of personnel, its military said. But the mission began with a trail of destruction in central Gaza and ...
The Zeitoun Incident took place on 5 January 2009 during Operation Cast Lead, after members of the Samouni extended family [d] had been herded out of their homes and told to relocate to another building. In a dawn raid on the 4th, a raid into one Samouni house, using grenades and live fire, killed Ateya al-Samouni and severely wounded a four ...