Rafah Petition

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The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories


20.05.04: High Court Petition on Rafah Operation: Ensure Israel 
Upholds its Obligations According to Humanitarian Law

21 May 2004 Update: IDF Demolished 62 Houses in Brazil and a-Slam 
neighborhoods in Rafah, 741 People Left Homeless

This morning, the High Court of Justice held an urgent hearing to 
discuss a petition by Israeli human rights organizations which 
contains a series of humanitarian demands concerning the residents of 
Rafah. The petitioners, B'Tselem, the Association for Civil Rights in 
Israel, Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Ha'Moked: Center for 
the Defense of the Individual, demanded the IDF allow ambulances to 
evacuate the injured from Rafah to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, renew 
the supply of electricity, water, food and medical supplies to the 
besieged neighborhoods and allow access to the area to a team of 
Israeli physicians. The organizations also demanded the immediate 
investigation of the shelling of demonstrators on Wednesday, which 
killed eight demonstrators, including children.

During the hearing, the IDF claimed that medical supplies and 
ambulances are able to enter the camp. The IDF announced it would 
allow a truckload of medical equipment sent by Physicians for Human 
Rights Israel into the camp. The truck, which had been waiting for 
clearance since yesterday, entered Rafah immediately after the 
hearing. The judges announced their decision would be given at a 
later date.

[...] http://www.btselem.org/



see as well
http://www.adalah.org/eng/index.php