2 Palestinians in Gaza After Expulsion From West Bank
"They drove us for about 20 minutes," Intissar Ajuri said at a news conference in Gaza City. "Suddenly they took us out of the tanks and freed our hands and we found ourselves in the middle of a farm planted with figs and grapes."

"We walked until we saw a farmer," she added. "We asked him where we are. He told us that we are in a very dangerous place where four Palestinians were killed last week. The farmer told us, `Hurry, hurry before they shoot you. "

She called the expulsion a "crime."

The nine-judge Israeli panel ruled unanimously on Tuesday that expulsion of militants' relatives to Gaza did not violate international law, but that the measure could be used only against people who posed a security threat, not as a general deterrent.

Struggling to halt Palestinian suicide attacks, Israel decided in July to expel relatives of suicide bombers and other militants in the West Bank to the Gaza Strip if they were found to be involved in the militants' activities.

Tuesday's ruling was the first court test of the new tactic, raising questions about the proper balance between security concerns and human rights.

Saeb Erakat, a Palestinian cabinet minister, called the decision "a black day for human rights," charging that "Israel has approved collective punishment in principle."

Amnesty International contended that "unlawful forcible transfer" of Palestinians under Israeli occupation constituted a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and violated the right to a fair trial.
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