{"id":19095,"date":"2014-07-15T14:38:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T06:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=19095"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:27:04","slug":"pm-accuses-hamas-of-using-human-shields-urges-world-leaders-to-side-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/15\/pm-accuses-hamas-of-using-human-shields-urges-world-leaders-to-side-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"PM accuses Hamas of using human shields, urges world leaders to side with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OTTAWA — Terrorists are deliberately placing people in the path of an Israeli offensive aimed at stopping rocket attacks from Gaza, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.<\/p>\n

Harper says there is evidence that Hamas, listed by Canada as a terrorist organization, is using human shields in its attempts to stave off the Israeli offensive.<\/p>\n

“The indiscriminate rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel are terrorist acts, for which there is no justification,” Harper said in a statement issued Sunday.<\/p>\n

“It is evident that Hamas is deliberately using human shields to further terror in the region.”<\/p>\n

Harper also called on other world leaders to rally behind Israel as it tries to prevent rockets being fired from Gaza into its territory.<\/p>\n

Silence, he suggested, would only embolden Israel’s attackers.<\/p>\n

“Failure by the international community to condemn these reprehensible actions would encourage these terrorists to continue their appalling actions,” Harper said.<\/p>\n

“Canada calls on its allies and partners to recognize that these terrorist acts are unacceptable and that solidarity with Israel is the best way of stopping the conflict.”<\/p>\n

Harper’s statements came as Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

Israel had earlier warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes as the six-day offensive that has killed more than 160 Palestinians was widened.<\/p>\n

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The United Nations Security Council and others have called for a ceasefire but the attacks have only escalated as Israel masses tanks and soldiers at Gaza’s borders.<\/p>\n

Israel widened its range of Gaza bombing targets Saturday to include civilian institutions with suspected Hamas ties. One strike hit a centre for the disabled, killing two patients and wounding four people. In a second attack, an Israeli warplane flattened the home of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh and damaged a nearby mosque as evening prayers ended, killing at least 18 people. Fifty were wounded, including al-Batsh himself.<\/p>\n

Harper urged the Palestinian government to disarm Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups operating in Gaza.<\/p>\n

But despite forming a government with Hamas’ backing last month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ influence in Gaza is minimal.<\/p>\n

In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Abbas called on U.N. Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon to provide “international protection” for the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n

“The situation has become unbearable — hundreds of martyrs and thousands of wounded and huge destruction,” Abbas said.<\/p>\n

Early Sunday, Israeli troops launched a brief raid into northern Gaza to destroy what the military described as a rocket-launching site.<\/p>\n

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The military said the incursion left four soldiers slightly wounded.<\/p>\n

Northern Gaza is home to at least 100,000 people.<\/p>\n

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