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'Stray mortar' hit UN Gaza school
Israeli defence officials are now saying one of the deadliest recent incidents in Gaza, when a UN school was bombed, was caused by a stray mortar.
The attack killed about 40 Palestinian civilians sheltering at the Fakhura school in Jabaliya on Tuesday.
Initially, Israeli officials accused Hamas of firing from the school and using civilians as "human shields"....
...Quoted by Haaretz newspaper on Sunday, the army said Hamas militants had fired from near the school - rather than within it - and its troops responded with three mortars.
Two were accurate, the army claimed, but one landed 30 metres off target. It was that mortar that caused the carnage at Fakhura school, the army said.
The statement was made anonymously to the media because the investigation had not yet been made public by the military, Haaretz and news agencies reported.
'Cynical'
The dropping of the defence that Hamas mortars had come from within the school compound may cause some embarrassment to Israel in what has been a high profile incident.
The initial "human shield" claim was made forcefully after the killings by the military, politicians and many supporters of Israel.
"Hamas cynically uses civilians as human shields," the military said in its initial statement, and later it went as far as naming two well-known Hamas militants among those killed at the school.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev called the incident "a very extreme example of how Hamas operates".
It is not clear what credibility the change of position will be given by observers.
Two days after the incident, a UN spokesman said the Israeli army, in private meetings with diplomats, had admitted that the mortar fire came from outside the school compound and not from within it - but this was not confirmed by Israeli officials....
Sunni's op, , a very biased title leading to a propaganda piece, now moved to the 'Flame Zone' was from an article dated 1/9/09. Here is a more up-to-date discussion of the incident:
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'Stray mortar' hit UN Gaza school
I can't believe that Sunni would choose to go with a biased propaganda piece, and then add an inflamatory title.
then you and your terrorist friends better stop telling liesTypical ZioNazi BS
If you get caught in the first LIE
Just tell a second even bigger LIE
Sunni's op, , a very biased title leading to a propaganda piece, now moved to the 'Flame Zone' was from an article dated 1/9/09. Here is a more up-to-date discussion of the incident:
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'Stray mortar' hit UN Gaza school
wrong, as usualNow they are saying.
Israel changes it's tune as of late more times then the number of blind supporters of Israel on this board. And that's saying something. This is their 2nd change, 3rd story on the same topic.
Israel changes it's tune as of late more times then the number of blind supporters of Israel on this board. And that's saying something. This is their 2nd change, 3rd story on the same topic.
Now they are saying.
Israel changes it's tune as of late more times then the number of blind supporters of Israel on this board. And that's saying something. This is their 2nd change, 3rd story on the same topic.
The thing that seems strange to me is that, though it is important to know if this was an intended bombing or a stray mortar, either way 40 civilians seeking shelter were brutally killed.Now they are saying.
Israel changes it's tune as of late more times then the number of blind supporters of Israel on this board. And that's saying something. This is their 2nd change, 3rd story on the same topic.
YOu didn't notice the part where some of the victims who were interviewed stated that they saw paramilitary personnel in the vicinity?
The Israel Defense Forces said a mortar-firing operation and a pair of prominent Hamas operatives -- Imad Abu Askhar and Hassan Abu Askhar -- were at the occupied school hit Tuesday. The two were among the Hamas militants killed in the strike, an IDF statement said
Quoted by Haaretz newspaper on Sunday, the army said Hamas militants had fired from near the school - rather than within it - and its troops responded with three mortars.
Two were accurate, the army claimed, but one landed 30 metres off target. It was that mortar that caused the carnage at Fakhura school, the army said.
The thing that seems strange to me is that, though it is important to know if this was an intended bombing or a stray mortar, either way 40 civilians seeking shelter were brutally killed.
Sometimes I just can't believe that as far advanced as civilization is, we humans still fight and kill each other like ignorant cavemen.
