Palestinian terrorists have killed an Israeli, and wounded 4 others, in a mortar shell attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz in the western Negev. A subsequent IAF attack against terrorists in the Gaza Strip has reportedly resulted in the death of a palestinian child.
Unfortunately, these palestinian terror attacks are a daily occurrence, yet people only really take notice when there are casualties. And then it is forgotten again until the next deadly attack.
What I have found particularly interesting is the way the attack – and Israel’s response – has been reported. The AP report starts with this sentence.
An Israeli missile aimed at a group of militants struck a house and killed a 6-year-old Palestinian girl Thursday, Palestinian officials said, hours after an Israeli was killed by a Hamas mortar barrage fired from the area.
In other words, they seem to be quoting palestinians who acknowledge the IAF missile was not aimed at civilians, but rather “militants”!
Ha’aretz reports in a similar vein.
Hamas security said the Israeli aircraft targeted a group of militants in the southern Gaza Strip but missed them. Relatives of the girl said that she and her mother were in the yard of a house that was hit by the errant missile.
Again, we seem to have an acknowledgment from palestinians – in this case Hamas security and the girl’s relatives – that the IAF missile was not aimed at civilians.
Whether this is really a case of palestinian admission that Israel is targeting the terrorists only, or rather just the result of the report’s wording does not really matter. It is certainly a change from what we usually read in the mainstream media.
But if you think that’s amazing, check out how the anti-Israel, palestinian Ramattan News Agency reported the day’s events:
Not even Fox News uses the “T” word.
I’m sure someone’s head is going to roll over that one.
