Saturday, July 12, 2014

OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE: IDF EFFORTS TO SPARE CIVILIANS IN GAZA

Before they strike a Hamas target within Gaza, the IDF warns residents to get out. Hamas orders them to stay in place, in order to create "martyrs". This is the ultimate exploitation for propaganda - brought to you by the terrorist organization Hamas.



Declassified video and photo show terror compounds located within civilian concentrations, including Hamas training ground adjacent to school.

Declassified photo: Gaza terrorists used a mosque located near Palestinian homes as a place to hide rockets and gather militants. Our aircraft struck this mosque last night in order to disable Hamas from firing at Israel. Terrorist organizations systematically use mosques to conceal weapons and create underground tunnels within populated areas.

It is against the Law of Land Warfare - as codified by the Hague and Geneva Conventions, to strike hospitals, clinics or other medical facilities displaying the Red Cross/Red Crescent/Magen David or to strike churches/mosques/synagogues, cultural edifices, prisoner-of-war camps or transportation or any civilian/non-combatant facilities UNLESS those facilities are being used for military purposes - i.e. weapons storage and/or launch sites, to house militants or for observation posts. In such circumstances, it is WITHIN the Law of Land Warfare to strike such places. In other words, the use of civilians as human shields is a war crime - as Hamas is currently doing in Gaza.

Hamas tells Gazans to ignore IDF's call to leave border area | The Times of Israel

Hamas is doing what terrorist organizations do: holding innocents hostage under threat of death. Hamas is directly responsible for all civilian deaths in Gaza.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2014 at 4:45 PM

    Why do some, but not all, IDF soldiers wear enormous berets over their helmets?

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    1. MerkwürdigliebeJuly 23, 2014 at 2:31 AM

      It's called a mitznefet. It breaks up the outline of the soldier's head and shoulders. Originally they were for snipers, but now are in more widespread use.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitznefet_%28Israeli_military%29

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  2. STORMBRINGERJuly 13, 2014 at 4:19 AM

    What the hell are you talking about???

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  3. SnoopyTheGoonJuly 13, 2014 at 10:02 AM

    He/she means the camo nets over the helmets.

    And you are absolutely right. Geneva conventions state that if a military installation is located in vicinity of civilians, the only thing the attacking force should do is to do their best to minimize the civilian casualties.

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  4. KarlJuly 15, 2014 at 9:13 PM

    we need a paradigm shift in the war on terror. The enemy should be required to prove each and every mosque is not in use to store weapons. Prove it, or lose it.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 20, 2014 at 11:37 PM

    Push them all into the sea

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