Some 300 Palestinians, none more than 10 years old, demonstrated here Wednesday in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices to denounce Israel's "crimes" against children.
The young protesters, organized by the hardline Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, held a three-hour sit-in in front of the office and handed the ICRC a statement denouncing "Israeli crimes against childhood .. and the complicity of the United States."
The statement called on the Red Cross "to protect Palestinian childhood" and to make Israel comply with the Geneva convention agreement on the rules of war.
The children, who came from Palestinian refugee camps in south Lebanon, wore black headbands reading "End Israel's Crimes," "Don't Kill Children," "Where is Humanity's Conscience?" and "We are All Mohammed al-Durras"
Durra, 12, was shot dead in his father's arms in a September 30 clash in Gaza City. The shooting, presumably by the Israelis, was filmed and broadcast repeatedly throughout the world -- TYRE (AFP)
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