HAARETZ/REUTER: Palestinian Rights group: Hamas, Fatah breached int'l law in internecine clashes
Hamas and Fatah committed "grave breaches" of international law during their internecine clashes in the Gaza Strip in June, a Palestinian human rights group said on Tuesday, detailing a series of extra-judicial killings.
In a new report, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said 161 Palestinians, of whom 41 were civilians, were killed during fighting between June 7 and June 14 in which Hamas Islamists took control of the territory from secular Fatah.
"The two sides perpetrated grave breaches of the provisions of international law concerning internal armed conflicts, including extra-judicial and wilful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them," the PCHR said.
In some cases, people were seized by gunmen in their homes and their bodies were later found dumped in remote areas.
"The PCHR also documented a number of cases, in which militants executed wounded persons during their evacuation to hospitals," the 105-page report said, citing testimony from relatives of the dead.
At least two people - a Fatah fighter and a Hamas member - were pushed to their deaths from tall buildings, said the PCHR, the leading Palestinian human rights group in the Gaza Strip.
- IF THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT EACH OTHER, THEN ISRAEL CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO MAKE ANY DEAL.
- ANIMALS LIKE THIS DON'T WANT PEACE. THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT PEACE WAS IF IT KISSED THEM ON THEIR BEHINDS.
- FATAH AND HAMAS. YES: ABBAS IS JUST AS BAD AS THE REST OF THEM.
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