Precisely wrong
Subtitle: Gaza civilians killed by Israeli drone-launched missiles
By: Human Rights Watch
Contributors: Garlasco, Marc E.
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
ISBN-13: 9781564324924
Subjects: Gaza War, 2008-2009; Civilian war casualties; Precision guided munitions; Bombardment; Drone aircraft; Casualties; Armed Forces
Other titles: Gaza civilians killed by Israeli drone-launched missiles; Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, precisely wrong
Description: This 39-page report details six incidents resulting in 29 civilian deaths, among them eight children. Human Rights Watch found that Israeli forces failed to take all feasible precautions to verify that these targets were combatants, as required by the laws of war, or that they failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have reported a total of 42 drone attacks that killed civilians, 87 in all, during the fighting in December 2008 and January 2009.  "Precisely Wrong" is based on field research in Gaza, where Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed victims and witnesses, examined attack sites, collected missile debris for testing, and reviewed medical records. The Israel Defense Forces turned down repeated Human Rights Watch requests for a meeting and did not respond to questions submitted in writing.--Publisher description.
Notes: "This report was researched and written by Marc Garlasco ..."--Acknowledgments.

"June 2009"--P. following t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via the Internet on the Human Rights Watch web site.