IDF: Army didn’t fire on UN truck driver
by Amir Mizroch, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 10, 2009
Humanitarian aid tricks at Keren Shalom Gaza border crossing
“An IDF investigation has found that it was not the army who fired on a UN truck at the Erez Crossing,” the Spokesperson’s office said. The IDF is not sure who fired on the truck, and is still investigating. “The army further wishes to point out that the Palestinian wounded were evacuated by the Red Cross to the Israeli border, where they were taken by Israeli medical personnel for treatment at Ashkelon’s Barzilai Hospital,” the IDF told The Jerusalem Post.
On Thursday, the Post reported that contrary to foreign press reports, it was not certain that an IDF tank shell hit the aid truck, and that in all probability, the aid workers were hit by Hamas gunfire.
The foreign press reports were based on UN sources, who later admitted to the Post that they were not sure in which direction the truck was headed when it was hit, and could also not say with certainty that tank shells were responsible. Foreign press reports said the dead Palestinian and two others were hit by tank shells.
An MDA medic at the scene told the Post that soldiers in the field said Hamas snipers targeted the aid workers. A Post probe revealed that the two wounded Palestinians were being treated at Barzilai for gunshot wounds. (Continue Reading this Article)
‘J’accuse’
January 08, 2009 American Thinker Jan. 10
Human shields: Where’s the outrage?
Sammy Benoit
Hamas’ use of the children and other innocents as human shields at the UN school got its desired effect yesterday. They fired mortars on Israeli troops, the troops returned the fire, and dozens of civilians died or were injured, along with the terrorists. There is a library full of evidence proving it isn’t the first time Hamas has used innocents as human shields.
Hamas built armories in the basements of mosques and schools, private homes and hospitals. They create their bunkers and weapons factories in crowded neighborhoods. All of this “construction” was done out in the public. Under the watchful eye of the UN as well as human right’s organizations such as Amnesty, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and B’tselem.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/01/human_shields_wheres_the_outra.html
Comment by yamit82 — January 10, 2009 @ 1:17 pm
What has the world come to? Hamas is killing its own supporters!
Comment by Bill Levinson — January 10, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
For the same reason they targeted in the past border crossings, in order to keep them closed then cry Help Israel is denying to them basics of life. Or when they try to target Electrical poer plant which supplies them with electricity (70%)
Comment by yamit82 — January 10, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
Yamit - Hamas lives and dies by one principle: ITBACH AL YAHUD! (KILL THE JEWS!) Its civilian dead are simply collateral damage.
Comment by NormanF — January 10, 2009 @ 11:38 pm