Monday, 5 January 2009Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday night that Israel would not allow a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip claiming that his soldiers distinguish between Palestinian fighters and unarmed civilians.
“The army fights resistance fighters and at the same time offers humanitarian aid to the population,” Olmert claimed.
According to medical officials in Gaza, more than 100 of the Palestinians killed since the beginning of Israel's intense bombing of Gaza were civilians.
Olmert’s comments came during a telephone call with the Russian president Dimitri Medvedev, the French president Nikola Sarkozy, and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Reports say that Olmert met last night with the international Quartet envoy Tony Blair.
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Monday, 5 January 2009
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