Rights group: Israeli fire "indiscriminate"
The Associated Press, Jerusalem | Fri, 01/16/2009 7:49 PM
A New York-based human rights group says Israel's artillery shelling into crowded Gaza areas should be considered indiscriminate attacks.
Human Rights Watch says Israel sometimes fires 155mm artillery shells at militants, who often operate in crowded areas.
A military analyst with the group, Marc Garlasco, said Friday that the shells can kill people up to 150 meters (yards) away. Garlasco says that means they kill indiscriminately.
In January, 40 Gazans, mostly civilians, were killed after Israeli troops fired artillery shells at militants lobbing rockets near a U.N. school.
Israel launched a military operation three weeks ago against the Gaza Strip's militant Hamas rulers. More than 1,000 Gazans have been killed, many of them civilians.
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