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Last update - 11:22 14/01/2008
Haaretz probe: Shin Bet count of Gaza civilian deaths is too low
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: B'Tselem, Shin Bet 

Israeli security forces killed 810 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in 2006 and 2007, Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin reported Sunday at the weekly cabinet briefing in Jerusalem. He estimated that some 200 of those killed were not clearly linked to terrorist organizations.

However, an examination by Haaretz reveals that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces stands at 816 during those two years, and that of them, 360 were civilians who were not affiliated with any armed organizations. Data from B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, show that 152 of the casualties were under age 18, and 48 were under the age of 14.

According to Diskin, 356 Palestinian Gazans were killed in 2006, and an additional 454 in 2007.
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Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, also present at the briefing, said that "about five percent of the militants in the Gaza Strip have been killed," adding that their number today is estimated at some 20,000. He said he was pleased with the results of the fighting against militants in the Strip, noting that Israel's security forces target terrorists while the Palestinians target civilians. "This asymmetry is part of a war of attrition: Sderot's residents are still leaving the city."

Dichter went on to say that the war that is being waged against the Israel Defense Forces and Israel "is not being checked, but is actually intensifying." He added that the IDF's modus operandi in Gaza must be changed with the aim of ending the war against the terror organizations there.

Minister and former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon disagreed with Dichter. "We should [continue to] pursue the same policy in Gaza, which is so far proved effective in combating Hamas."

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak concurred with Ayalon.


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      1.   Palestinian casualties 01:53  |  Nechama 14/01/08
      2.   zionist criminals at work 02:16  |  Sam (UK) 14/01/08
      3.   Sam`s delusions about secular Arab states 03:40  |  AGM-142 14/01/08
      4.   Haaretz is counting using it`s left eye only! 04:06  |  Giora 14/01/08
      5.   Imagine if Palestinians killed 48 Israeli children in same period 04:22  |  peacelover 14/01/08
      6.   #4, AGM-142 (curious name) to Sam... 04:22  |  Silvienne 14/01/08
      7.   Palestinian casualties 04:25  |  BRL 14/01/08
      8.   Keep up the good work Israel 04:30  |  TOMY 14/01/08
      9.   SAM.Thats what you get when you rocket Israeli kindergartens 04:33  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      10.   Containment works 04:45  |  B 14/01/08
      11.   ARABS killed about the same number of each other.Not a squeek 04:57  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      12.   800 killed 20000 to go 05:12  |  bobby 14/01/08
      13.   Can`t kill them all without final solution 05:17  |  Jeremy Martin 14/01/08
      14.   #2 - says the former Imperialist 05:43  |  Steve 14/01/08
      15.   Sam, "What should the Pals do in this situation" 05:59  |  Johnny 14/01/08
      16.   SamUK, Terrorists target and murder 100% civilians 06:29  |  Dan 14/01/08
      17.   conduct talk to evacuate the enemy or kill the enemy 06:30  |  Joseph E . 14/01/08
      18.   murders 06:31  |  the Dove 14/01/08
      19.   When it comes to survival , play survival , not democracy , 06:33  |  Joseph E . 14/01/08
      20.   civilians shma civilians , 06:39  |  Joseph E . 14/01/08
      21.   criminal Arab` war crime at work 07:04  |  Joseph E . 14/01/08
      22.   Hypocrisy 07:07  |  Ted Stevenson 14/01/08
      23.   # 10 Jeremy Martin @ Kansas City / Missouri 07:12  |  Joseph E . 14/01/08
      24.   5% Solution 07:42  |  Knott Bushman 14/01/08
      25.   Silvienne 6- AGM-142 means 08:52  |  AGM-142 14/01/08
      26.   And this year`s Dan Halutz prize for insensitivity goes to ... 09:02  |  Bruno 14/01/08
      27.   Stevenson liar 09:04  |  Stephen in New York 14/01/08
      28.   Israeli butchers and Yad Vashem 09:33  |  Clickfool 14/01/08
      29.   TOMY and evil that is Zionism 09:36  |  Clickfool 14/01/08
      30.   Haaretz: Let IDF win. Stop your silly investigation. 09:38  |  Alex 14/01/08
      31.   What disgraceful murderers ... 09:46  |  Dutch 14/01/08
      32.   REUSULTS Of Haaretz investigation of No.of Israelis Arabs TRIED 10:01  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      33.   KILLING PEOPLE WITH STYLE AND VANITY 10:06  |  indrajaya 14/01/08
      34.   We should never have created this state 10:07  |  Dutch 14/01/08
      35.   Clickfool`s disgusting comparison 10:13  |  The Judge 14/01/08
      36.   200 or 360, it doesn`t matter 10:20  |  Natallie Durson 14/01/08
      37.   Israel `win` - 800 : 20 (2 y), or 5000:500 (8 y) 10:21  |  Scott Katz 14/01/08
      38.   What the figures aren`t telling 10:22  |  Adrian de Klerk 14/01/08
      39.   # 34 Dutch ROFLOL!!!!! 10:25  |  Adrian de Klerk 14/01/08
      40.   23/Givatayim - Ancient Jews NEVER lived in Gaza! 10:25  |  Scott Katz 14/01/08
      41.   35/Judge comparing Holocaust and Pal Suffering 10:40  |  Scott Katz 14/01/08
      42.   Young age does not make them civilians 10:42  |  Gili 14/01/08
      43.   For "The Judge" # 35 10:46  |  Clickfool 14/01/08
      44.   Biased Haaretz probe 10:51  |  Steven 14/01/08
      45.   Very dangerous perception here..... 10:51  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/01/08
      46.   INDRAJAYA The wo4rld has no idea how many Papuans your murdering 10:58  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      47.   Israel is intensifying the resistance by its own violence 10:59  |  John 14/01/08
      48.   For Scott Katz # 37 11:00  |  Clickfool 14/01/08
      49.   SCOTT KATZ Never seen Pal. children sent out to confront?? 11:05  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      50.   Silvienne - Secular? No way! 11:06  |  Michael Jacobs 14/01/08
      51.   Dichter needs to go to math class 11:09  |  Shlomo 14/01/08
      52.   S KATZ.Ignorance or deliberately lying?? BTW Gaza is nowYudenrein 11:15  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      53.   civilians 11:34  |  Joey 14/01/08
      54.   DICHTER SHOULD GO TO BRITAIN RIGHT NOW 11:39  |  indrajaya 14/01/08
      55.   Too late, Katz 11:40  |  Murray 14/01/08
      56.   Haaretz fabrication of probe 11:43  |  Aaron H 14/01/08
      57.   For Peter SM: Israel is now Menschenrein # 52 11:44  |  Clickfool 14/01/08
      58.   # 46, PETER SM 11:45  |  indrajaya 14/01/08
      59.   Not interested in Haaretz definition of "Terrorist" 11:47  |  Efox 14/01/08
      60.   Does anybody believe Haaretz? 12:01  |  Sidney 14/01/08
      61.   Holocaust/Pal suffering 12:09  |  Anne 14/01/08
      62.   To Joey 12:28  |  Anne 14/01/08
      63.   48/clickfool,37 was sarcasm, killing civilians not an achievemnt 12:30  |  Scott Katz 14/01/08
      64.   #47 John 12:33  |  Steven 14/01/08
      65.   Murray/ too late Katz 12:36  |  Anne 14/01/08
      66.   If Israel doesn`t target civilians, why so many civilians killed 12:54  |  Scott Katz 14/01/08
      67.   INDRAJAYA Aborigines have title and not forced to convert 12:54  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      68.   Clickfool On Israeli Butchers 12:55  |  Natan 14/01/08
      69.   INDRAJAYAborigenes have title to land,can say what they please 13:07  |  PETER SM 14/01/08
      70.   To Scott Katz #63 13:12  |  Clickfool 14/01/08
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