Women killed in Gaza
John Dunne | 03.11.2006 13:07
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Blitzkrieg in Gaza
Israeli tanks, armoured vehicles and military bulldozers entered Beit Hanoun early Wednesday as part of a major Blitzkrieg operation, codenamed ‘Autumn Clouds’ to stop militants from launching rockets at southern Israel from the area.
Blitzkrieg was a old Nazi kind of warfare integrating tanks, air power, artillery, and motorized infantry into a steel juggernaut emphasizing speedy movement and maximization of battlefield opportunities.
Israeli soldiers and Palestinian defenders engaged in heavy clashes around a mosque in the northern Gaza town of Beith Hanoun on early Friday, as six Palestinians civilians were killed in attacks elsewhere in the Strip and the West Bank.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that dozens of civilians had barricaded themselves in the mosque Thursday night to avoid being shot by Israeli forces who have been killing in the town since early Wednesday.
She said Israeli troops encircled the mosque and called for ‘hours and hours’ on the civilians to show themselves, threw smoke bombs inside and fired tear gas to pressure them to come out.
The troops also responded with ‘exact fire’ at other civilians who were going home,she said.
Unconfirmed reports from the scene said army bulldozers tore down a wall of the mosque early Friday, causing the ceiling to collapse. Several casualties were feared among those hiding inside.
‘The very heart of why we are in Beith Hanoun is in that mosque,’ a military spokeswoman told Deutche Presse-Agentur dpa, charging the civilians had deliberately chosen a holy site in a hopeless hope to be immune from Israeli gunfire.
‘We are making every effort to harm and destroy the mosque itself. However the object of the entire mission is to terrorize those who are inside, to kill them,’ she said.
Israeli tanks, armoured vehicles and military bulldozers entered Beit Hanoun early Wednesday as part of a major Blitzkrieg operation, codenamed ‘Autumn Clouds’ to stop militants from launching rockets at southern Israel from the area.
Blitzkrieg was a old Nazi kind of warfare integrating tanks, air power, artillery, and motorized infantry into a steel juggernaut emphasizing speedy movement and maximization of battlefield opportunities.
Israeli soldiers and Palestinian defenders engaged in heavy clashes around a mosque in the northern Gaza town of Beith Hanoun on early Friday, as six Palestinians civilians were killed in attacks elsewhere in the Strip and the West Bank.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that dozens of civilians had barricaded themselves in the mosque Thursday night to avoid being shot by Israeli forces who have been killing in the town since early Wednesday.
She said Israeli troops encircled the mosque and called for ‘hours and hours’ on the civilians to show themselves, threw smoke bombs inside and fired tear gas to pressure them to come out.
The troops also responded with ‘exact fire’ at other civilians who were going home,she said.
Unconfirmed reports from the scene said army bulldozers tore down a wall of the mosque early Friday, causing the ceiling to collapse. Several casualties were feared among those hiding inside.
‘The very heart of why we are in Beith Hanoun is in that mosque,’ a military spokeswoman told Deutche Presse-Agentur dpa, charging the civilians had deliberately chosen a holy site in a hopeless hope to be immune from Israeli gunfire.
‘We are making every effort to harm and destroy the mosque itself. However the object of the entire mission is to terrorize those who are inside, to kill them,’ she said.
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Another Jew hating post on Indymedia UK
03.11.2006 13:17
See:
You are filth
Some realism
03.11.2006 13:26
The poster has inserted fabricated text into a news report sourced from elsewhere. In a widely syndicated piece, one example appearing here were news reports of Israeli Defence Force activities around the Bet Hanoun Mosque.
Let's compare them.
The Indymedia article:
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that dozens of civilians had barricaded themselves in the mosque Thursday night to avoid being shot by Israeli forces who have been killing in the town since early Wednesday.
The original article:
Some 50 armed militants barricaded themselves in the Beit Hanoun mosque Thursday night to avoid arrest by Israeli forces who have been operating in the town since early Wednesday.
Armed militants become terrified civilians. Subtle isn't it?
The Indymedia article:
She said Israeli troops encircled the mosque and called for ‘hours and hours’ on the civilians to show themselves, threw smoke bombs inside and fired tear gas to pressure them to come out.
The troops also responded with ‘exact fire’ at other civilians who were going home,she said.
The original article:
Israeli troops encircled the mosque, called for 'hours and hours' on the militants to hand themselves over, threw smoke bombs inside and fired tear gas to pressure them to surrender, a military spokeswoman said.
The troops also responded with 'exact fire' at gunmen who shot at them from within the mosque, she told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Witnesses said an army bulldozers tore down one of the mosque's walls, causing part of the ceiling to collapse.
A report of Israel firing at active gunmen, trying specifically not to hit civilians ('exact fire') is distorted by Indymedia to suggest Israel was specifically trying to hit civilians.
Needless to say, this bit was left right out of the Indymedia piece:
The Israeli military said Beit Hanoun's most senior militants were among those who took refuge in the mosque, some of whom were involved in rocket fire against Israel from the area.
'The very heart of why we are in Beit Hanoun is in that mosque,' the spokeswoman told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa, charging the militant leaders had deliberately chosen a holy site to be immune from Israeli arrest.
'We are making every effort not to harm the mosque itself. However the object of the entire mission is to get the terrorists who are inside, to arrest them,' she said.
The military also accused Hamas of using women as 'human shields' by calling on them to take to the streets and help free the trapped gunmen, knowing Israeli troops would be reluctant to shoot at the escaping militants amid the crowd.
Cowards. It goes without saying that subsequent comments to the Indymedia post, indicating it is an antisemitic forgery were hidden.
Antisemitism is disgusting and totally unacceptable.
Antisemitism is disgusting and totally unacceptable.
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