Israel: Girls’ killing ‘reasonable’
Military expresses sadness but defends killing of Palestinian doctor’s three daughters.
Published On 5 Feb 2009
Abu al-Aish, who has worked for years in Israeli hospitals, has denied there were any fighters at his house.
The report said soldiers stopped firing after hearing screams from the shelled building.
The military expressed sadness at the deaths but did not admit to a mistake in identification.
Instead, it said in the report, ”considering the constraints of the battle scene, the amount of threats that endangered the force, and the intensity of fighting in the area, the forces’ action and the decision to fire toward the building were reasonable”.