IDF Raids Islamic Jihad
Every once in a while, the wire services slip up and release a photo that gives an inadvertent glimpse at the truth of the Arab-Israeli conflict; here’s one, as armed Palestinian terrorists take cover among unarmed “bystanders” during a fierce battle with IDF troops raiding an Islamic Jihad stronghold.
Palestinians take cover during clashes with Israeli troops in the Zitoun neighborhood in Gaza CIty, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004. Palestinian medical sources said at least eight people were killed in the clashes. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Arab terrorists cynically rely on the essential morality of the IDF when they hide among non-combatants; if the Israelis were truly the genocidal monsters the Palestinians constantly allege, not one of the people in the photo above would be alive right now.
Even though this raid was specifically aimed at Islamic Jihad cells that were attacking the nearby settlement of Netzarim, Reuters Palestinian stringer Nidal al-Mughrabi blames Israel for damaging the “road map,” gives top billing to Palestinian claims of civilian casualties, and buries near the bottom of the article the Israeli claim that all casualties were armed terrorists: Israel Army Kills 8 During Gaza Gunbattles.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians Wednesday in the deadliest raid in the Gaza Strip in more than a month, casting a shadow over a new U.S. push to salvage a battered peace plan.Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the main groups behind a campaign of suicide bombings against Israelis, vowed revenge, saying five of their fighters were among those killed in fierce gunbattles in Gaza City. Medics said the other dead were civilians, but Israel said all were armed “terrorists.”
“The bloody message has been received…and the Palestinian people will know how to respond to it,” Islamic Jihad leader Mohammed Al-Hindi told Reuters.