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Yahoo! News - Israeli Strike Kills 15 Including Hamas Commander
An Israeli fighter plane fired a missile into a crowded neighborhood in Gaza City Tuesday, killing the commander of the military wing of Hamas and 14 other Palestinians, including nine children.
In related news, Palestinian leaders expressed outrage at the death of nine children, calling it a "senseless waste".
"When I think of those nine lives, senselessly snuffed out, I am sickened. Nine potential martyrs were denied the opportunity to serve Allah in the greatest way imaginable. Nine Palestinian children, properly positioned, could have killed dozens of the filthy Jews. This is a sensless waste and a tragedy," said one unnamed Palestinian leader.
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Seriously, though:
Officials at Gaza City's Shifa Hospital said 15 people were killed in the raid -- including Shehada, his wife, a daughter and his deputy commander, as well as nine children apparently from neighboring homes demolished by the missile.
They killed 15. Four of them could be considered intended targets, as they were likely in the house that Israel attacked. That leaves 11. It seems unlikely to me that 9 of the 11 "innocents" were children. I particularly wonder what age these "children" were.
That sounds heartless, but we know Palestinians are quite fond of exaggerating death tolls (remember the Jenin massacre?).
Posted by Robert at July 23, 2002 03:07 PM | TrackBack