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Israeli army condemns publication of Gaza 'war criminals'
Names, photographs and addresses of soldiers said to have taken part in Gaza offensive put on website
Israeli soldiers during Gaza offensive Israeli soldiers return from Gaza in January 2009. A website published the names of 200 soldiers, calling them 'war criminals'. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP
Israel's military today condemned the publication of the names and photographs of 200 Israeli soldiers on a website that labelled them war criminals.
The site also published the home addresses and ID numbers of many of the Israelis. They included senior commanders and low-ranking soldiers whom the site claimed took part in the three-week offensive in Gaza that began in December 2008. The accuracy of the published details could not be confirmed.
The Israel Defence Force said the military "deplores the publication of personal details of hundreds of IDF soldiers and officers, without any factual basis whatsoever". But it said the information posed no real threat to those on the list.
The information was put online this week by anonymous activists in Britain and hosted by a US-based web service, which took it down today citing "breach of terms", according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
The website said the information came from an anonymous source who was "presumably" serving in the Israeli military. The military is investigating whether the information was leaked by a soldier, according to a report in the daily Maariv.
"The people listed here held positions of command at the time of the attack," the website said, "therefore, not only did they perform on behalf of a murderous state mechanism but actively encouraged other people to do the same."
It included what appeared to be an implied threat to harm the soldiers, urging readers, to "do your bit so that this virtual list may come to bear upon the physical".
Israel began its Gaza offensive after years of rocket fire from the coastal strip. About 1,400 people, most of them civilians, were killed according to Palestinian and international human rights groups. Thirteen Israelis were killed.
The offensive reduced the rocket fire from Gaza but did not end it. Early today a military-grade Grad rocket was fired into southern Israel from Gaza, causing light damage and no casualties.
Israeli army condemns publication of Gaza 'war criminals' | World news | guardian.co.uk
Names, photographs and addresses of soldiers said to have taken part in Gaza offensive put on website
Israeli soldiers during Gaza offensive Israeli soldiers return from Gaza in January 2009. A website published the names of 200 soldiers, calling them 'war criminals'. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP
Israel's military today condemned the publication of the names and photographs of 200 Israeli soldiers on a website that labelled them war criminals.
The site also published the home addresses and ID numbers of many of the Israelis. They included senior commanders and low-ranking soldiers whom the site claimed took part in the three-week offensive in Gaza that began in December 2008. The accuracy of the published details could not be confirmed.
The Israel Defence Force said the military "deplores the publication of personal details of hundreds of IDF soldiers and officers, without any factual basis whatsoever". But it said the information posed no real threat to those on the list.
The information was put online this week by anonymous activists in Britain and hosted by a US-based web service, which took it down today citing "breach of terms", according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
The website said the information came from an anonymous source who was "presumably" serving in the Israeli military. The military is investigating whether the information was leaked by a soldier, according to a report in the daily Maariv.
"The people listed here held positions of command at the time of the attack," the website said, "therefore, not only did they perform on behalf of a murderous state mechanism but actively encouraged other people to do the same."
It included what appeared to be an implied threat to harm the soldiers, urging readers, to "do your bit so that this virtual list may come to bear upon the physical".
Israel began its Gaza offensive after years of rocket fire from the coastal strip. About 1,400 people, most of them civilians, were killed according to Palestinian and international human rights groups. Thirteen Israelis were killed.
The offensive reduced the rocket fire from Gaza but did not end it. Early today a military-grade Grad rocket was fired into southern Israel from Gaza, causing light damage and no casualties.
Israeli army condemns publication of Gaza 'war criminals' | World news | guardian.co.uk
