'Attacks on civilians are never justified,' Amnesty International said. 'We reiterate our call on the leadership of all Palestinian armed groups to end attacks on civilians immediately.'

Background

Amnesty International has recently published a report on attacks against civilians. The report 'Without distinction - attacks on civilians by Palestinian armed groups' documents 128 attacks in which more than 350 civilians, most of them Israeli, were killed since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa intifada in September 2000.

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