I don't think we are talking about the same school. This one wasn't empty. I will grant you that the onwra person I heard interviewed specifically said that they could not rule out rocket being launched from close by but outside the school; that is why I said perhaps the bombing was accidental.
That said, I am aware that rockets have been launched from Gaza and that Hamas says it cannot accept the existence of israel, so I am not condemning -- just regretting. I don't think Israel gets up in the morning and says let's bomb Palestinian children; perhaps there are Hamas militia who say this of Israel. I dunno. On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > The loss of innocent lives is a tragedy that is mourned by all civil people > and will result (as usual) with a stop to the assault on Hamas, an assault > that must finish before this scenario happens again in a year or two. But > lets look over what's been reported and investigated about the indecent > before malice is assigned to Israel. > > Initial IDF investigation > Hamas terrorists fired mortar bombs from the area of the school towards > Israeli forces, who returned fire towards the source of the shooting. The > Israeli return fire landed outside the school, yet a series of explosions > followed, indicating the probable presence of munitions and explosives in > the building. Intelligence indicates that among those killed were Immad Abu > Iskar and Hassan Abu Iskar, two known Hamas mortar crewmen. > > UN School: Media Absolves Hamas > The media ignores Hamas complicity in Palestinian civilian deaths. > > http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/new/UN_School_Media_Absolves_Hamas.asp > > According to the Associated Press, two Palestinian residents said "they saw > a small group of militants firing mortar rounds from a street near the > school, where 350 people had gathered to get away from the shelling. They > spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal." > > http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-wogaza075989330jan07,0,722143.story > > Coming Soon? Hamas' Media Massacre > When will Hamas and the media create a new libel? > "Whether by Israeli accident or Hamas engineering, expect a spectacular > civilian massacre in the coming days, followed by an orgy of Pallywood > photography, amplified by a compliant Western media, and even greater fury > in the streets of the Muslim and Western world. It's in the Hamas playbook > and will be until the media gets sober. Here's the background, and the > obscenity that will probably be played...." > > http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/new/Coming_Soon_Hamas_Media_Massacre.asp > > Ban Ki-moon condemns rocket attack from Gaza school run by UN agency > http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24593&Cr=palestin&Cr1= > > Mortar Bombs Shot from UN School in Gaza 29 Oct. 2007 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXXUOs27lI&feature=channel_page > > IDF unveils Hamas map seized in Gaza > "This is a civilian area, and you can see on the map how Hamas > booby-trapped > the entrance to homes to hit the IDF," Halamish said. > > In another case, a large bomb was marked next to a gas station. Had it been > detonated it would have likely destroyed the gas station, killing and > wounding civilians who live in the area. > > http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424893023&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull > > Hamas admits it uses human shields > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTu-AUE9ycs > > The Hamas War Crime Strategy > The strategy is as simple as it is cynical: provoke Israel by playing > Russian roulette with its children, firing rockets at kindergartens, > playgrounds and hospitals; hide behind its own civilians when firing at > Israeli civilians; refuse to build bunkers for its own civilians; have the > TV cameras ready to transmit every image of dead Palestinians, especially > children; exaggerate the number of civilians killed by including as > "children" Hamas fighters who are 16 or 17 years old and as "women," female > terrorists. > Hamas itself has a name for this. They call it "the CNN strategy" > http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/01/the-hamas-war-crime-strategy.php > > Grad hits Ashkelon school > Earlier Thursday, a Grad rocket hit a school in Ashkelon. The rocket > exploded at the school's gym, which stood empty at the time of the attack. > The building sustained damages but no one was injured. > http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652872,00.html > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I knew that was coming. However, Israel apparently has admitted to > bombing > > a > > school. Not, as I say, that Hamas has not done as much and more...but > that > > particular incident seems clear, though perhaps accidental. How to > resolve > > this if Hamas has vowed the destruction of Israel I don't claim to know. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284543 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
