Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International researcher on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, reports from the south of Israel
Doctors hold an injured child, Gaza, 27 December 2008. ©Sharif Sarhan
At the moment, it’s very frustrating, because I’m in the south of Israel and we’ve been on standby pretty much since the beginning of the crisis on 27 December. We want to go into Gaza to investigate the human rights situation there, but that is not possible. The Israeli authorities are not allowing human rights organisations, as well as the media, into the Gaza Strip.
I’ve been here for a few days in the south of Israel investigating the human rights violations committed by Palestinian armed groups who are firing rockets into civilian towns and villages in the south of Israel. I’ve been talking to victims, people who have been injured, visited houses that have been hit by Palestinian rockets.
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