Palestinian Car Swarm Watch

Fri, May 18, 2007 at 5:59:19 pm PDT

It happens after every Israeli airstrike on a car full of “militants;” first, the bizarre car swarming behavior (fun for the whole family! the boys, anyway!), then the equally bizarre, out-of-sync wire service photo captions about “inspecting” and “gathering.”

Palestinians inspect a destroyed van following an Israeli air strike in Gaza May 18, 2007. Israel’s air force bombed a van carrying Palestinian militants through Gaza City on Friday, killing at least two people, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Palestinians inspect a destroyed van following an Israeli air strike in Gaza May 18, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Palestinians gather around a van following an Israeli air strike in Gaza May 18, 2007. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)