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Abbas slams Gaza 'holocaust'
01/03/2008 14:33 - (SA)
Ramallah - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday denounced a deadly Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip that has killed at least 32 people as "more than a holocaust".
"It's very regrettable that what is happening is more than a holocaust.
"We tell the world to see with its own eyes and judge for itself what is happening and who is carrying out international terrorism," Abbas told reporters in Ramallah
He appeared to be referring to remarks made by Israel's Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai, who used the Hebrew word "shoah" - generally used only for the Nazi Holocaust - in remarks to army radio on Friday.
"By intensifying the rocket fire and extending their reach (Gaza militants) are bringing onto themselves a worse catastrophe (shoah) as we will use all means to defend ourselves," Vilnai said.
"It is regrettable that Israel uses this word, banned for more than 60 years, the word 'holocaust', and we demand that the world respond," Abbas said.
On Saturday an Israeli assault on northern Gaza killed 32 people, including at least seven civilians and 12 militants, according to local medics, making it the deadliest operation in the Hamas-ruled territory in more than a year.
- AFP
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