June 12, 2006

The Guardian: "A barrage of Israeli artillery shells rained down on a busy Gaza beach..." The Independent: "Israeli naval gunboats killed at least seven Palestinian civilians and wounded about 40 others as they relaxed in the summer heat on a beach in northern Gaza yesterday." The New York Times: Featured a giant color photo, that took up half the FRONT PAGE of the paper, which featured a crying moslem woman kneeling over a dismembered body over a caption that questioned whether the Israeli shells that killed her family was really an accident. Just like the blood libel media stories of "Jewish massacres" against moslem civilians in Jenin was proven to be a complete fraud back in 2002, the story of Gaza 2006 has also proven to be total bullshit. The truth: Israel News Agency - An Israel Defense Forces intelligence officer has confirmed that the explosion that killed eight Palestinians on Friday, was caused by a stockpile of Hamas explosives. "Shortly after we stopped defensive firing at Hamas rocket launch pads which were deployed behind Palestinian human shields, members of Hamas scrambled to fire more rockets at our positions," said Col. M. "We have eyes on every meter of Gaza, from the sky, from the ground and from the sea. One of their rocket tripods collapsed inadvertently setting off an explosion of a stockpile of Qassam rockets. The Palestinians killed their own children. And this was not the first time." Hamas terrorists fired rockets and mortar bombs from a crowded Gaza beach at southern Israel. Some of the rockets fell near the Israel city of Ashkelon. Some 17 rockets were fired between Saturday and Sunday morning. A man at a school in the Israel town of Sderot was wounded, Israel officials said. Israel Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant said today that the Israel Defense Forces has additional evidence that it wasn't Israel artillery that hit the beach in Gaza. Galant, who commands Israel's southern command, said Israel stopped firing 15 minutes before the explosion. It's all on secure videotape from both sides of the conflict. Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he was sorry about the deaths, which included three children. FUTHER EVIDENCE: Hamas gunmen fire rockets at forces loyal to Abbas. GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank rockets at the Gaza headquarters of the preventive security force loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, witnesses said. Two people were wounded in the clash in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, which followed the killing earlier in the day of a gunman from a Hamas paramilitary unit. Hamas accused the preventive security force of being behind the shooting. Preventive security denied the charge. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060612/ts_nm/mideast_clash_dc 11:49:51 AM