An international legal panel visits the eastern parts of Gaza

Sunday October 19, 2008 19:08 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

A group of international legal personalities from Ireland and Scotland visited eastern parts of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, mainly in the southern Khan Younis city, observing the damage caused by continuous Israeli army actions in such a border area.

An archive photo of an agricultural damaged by Israeli actions in eastern Gaza City

The visit, according to local organizers, aimed at observing the amount of suffering Palestinian residents face due to the frequent Israeli attacks.

The Gaza Youth Development Society, the principal organizer, reported that the delegation talked directly to the local inhabitants and that they were shocked for what they heard today.

Emad Asfour, the society's head, called on the delegation to convey what they witnessed in Gaza to their countries, so an international mobility can be maintained for the sake of ending the suffering of Gaza's population under the Israeli blockade and actions.

Worthy of mention, the eastern border areas of Gaza adjacent to Israel, have been frequently exposed to Israeli army actions such as shooting heavily and razing large areas of farm lands.

Over the past 16 moths in particular Israel has stepped up actions in the said regions, under the pretext of halting homemade shell fire onto nearby Israeli territories, erecting recently what Israeli army says a buffer zone of 300 meters inside Palestinian borders.

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