They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Gaza invasion targets civilian infrastructure

Christian Aid

Israeli tanks have invaded the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip, following the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants on Sunday.

This comes at the end of a month during which 34 Palestinian civilians have been killed in Gaza in Israeli military attacks or 'targeted assassinations' of suspected militants. This includes 10 children.

Christian Aid condemns all violent actions and believes that without an end to violence by all sides there will be no security, no end to poverty and no peace.

Last night Israel also hit a power station which supplies 65% of Gaza's electricity and also the water pumping station.

William Bell, Christian Aid's senior policy officer responsible for the Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories, said: 'Christian Aid partners in Gaza are telling us how people are rushing to buy dwindling supplies of bottled water, that tomorrow there will be very little bread available in Gaza as the ovens will not be working and that stocks of petrol and gas remain scarce.

'The message to the civilian population of Gaza could not be clearer - collective punishment is part of Israel's military strategy. Read more