Spanish court investigates 2002 Israeli Gaza attack

MADRID (Reuters) Spain High Court will launch a war crimes investigation into seven Israelis, including canada goose uk shop a canada goose former defense minister, over a 2002 attack that killed 14 civilians and a Hamas commander in canada goose factory sale the Gaza canada goose uk black friday Strip, court papers Canada Goose Jackets said.

Palestinians inspect the damage after Israeli warplanes hit several houses in the Gaza Strip July 22, 2002. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Spanish law allows Canada Goose Online the prosecution of foreigners for such crimes as genocide, crimes against humanity and torture committed anywhere in the Canada Goose online world. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called buy canada goose jacket cheap the Gaza legal case on Thursday.

The Gaza based Canada Goose Parka Palestinian Center for canada goose coats Human Rights canada goose clearance is bringing the case against then Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Canada Goose Outlet Eliezer and six military men, most of whom canada goose clearance sale are now retired from active duty, involved in the decision to drop a one ton bomb from an F 16 plane onto a housing block on July 22, 2002.

The blast killed Hamas commander Salah Shehada, but the organization said it was bringing the case on behalf of only the families of 14 civilians killed, nine of whom were children, and 96 injured.

Israel would like to be a civilized nation it will have to accept the rule of law, and the rule of law is not served with a 1,000 kg bomb, the Palestinian Centre lawyer Gonzalo Boye said.

do not justify the actions of Hamas. I think both parties are guilty. The only people that are innocent are the civilian victims. We have excluded from our criminal case that person from buy canada goose jacket Hamas who was the target of the Israeli army.

Spanish Judge Fernando Andreu investigation, which is expected to last several years, was brought after Israel declined canada goose store to reply to a question from the court last August as to whether the seven would be tried at home.

After hearing the news Ben Eliezer said the decision was adding that organizations are using the courts of free nations under the guise of democracy in order to fight those who fight against terrorism.

He added uk canada goose that Shehada was a murderer responsible for the death of 100 Israelis. he sent tens of suicide bombers out canada goose uk outlet onto the streets. All senior personnel in the military establishment acted appropriately, in the name of the state of Israel, through their commitment to ensure the security of Israeli citizens, Barak said.

The Israeli foreign ministry said its legal department would act as swiftly as possible to cancel the Spanish legal move and would defend canadian goose jacket all the accused who acted on Israel behalf.

A canada goose black friday sale statement said cheap canada goose uk Israeli cheap Canada Goose Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had spoken to her Spanish counterpart Canada Goose Coats On Sale Miguel Angel Moratinos on the matter.

Spanish court canada goose outlet store locations papers said the bombing killed 15 people, the majority of them children and babies, and injured 150.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the time hailed the air strike as a great success. Washington described it as heavy handed and the European Union accused Israel of hurting the chances of a deal to end suicide bombings in Israel.

Boye said https://www.topcanadagoose.ca the offensive which Israel launched in Gaza on December 27 and killed more than 1,300 Palestinians as Israel sought to end Palestinian rocket attacks, could result in more Spanish prosecutions.

may have more work to do. Israel has demonstrated in recent weeks that it has no respect for human life if they are not (Israeli) lives, he said.

International calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes during the latest Gaza conflict have prompted Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to promise military personnel state protection uk canada goose outlet from foreign prosecution.

Israeli media reports said the military had been advising its top brass canada goose coats on sale to think twice about visiting Europe.

In 1998, a Spanish judge Canada Goose sale nearly succeeded in extraditing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from Britain on charges of political killings and torture in Chile.

Additional reporting by Inmaculada Sanz in Spain and Ori Lewis in Jerusalem; editing by Sophie Hares.