Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday blamed a "technical error" for the military's tank shelling of Beit Hanoun that killed 19 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, according to a spokeswoman with the minister's office.
The bloodshed happened early Wednesday, hours after Israel announced it had pulled out of the northern Gaza town where it was targeting militants firing Qassam rockets into Israel.
Israeli tanks, poised on the outskirts of Beit Hanoun, fired 10 artillery rounds into the town's center and killed 19 people, Palestinian medical sources said. (Watch villager describe how relatives were 'cut to pieces' -- 2:40)
Among the dead was a 13-member family that included seven children, the sources said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/09/olmert.gaza/index.htmlSheesh. You'd think with all the money Israel gets and spends on defense, they could cut down on these 'technical errors'.
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