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Wissam Nassar

A Palestinian girl grieves at the funeral of Amana Hajaji, 43, and her children Rawan, 6, and Muhammad, 23, who were killed in an explosion at their home in the Sajiya neighborhood of Gaza in September 2006. The explosion also injured five other members of the family. Although, at the time of the explosion, air force planes were attacking targets in Gaza, the IDF did not take responsibility for the incident. During January-October 2006, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict took the lives of over 500 Palestinians, about half of them civilians who did not take part in the fighting, including many children (over 100 minors). In this same period 5 soldiers and 15 civilians were killed on the Israeli side, including one teenage boy (data of the Betselem organization).

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