Gaza: Israel battles terrorists and world media

The IDF moved in force into parts of Gaza, and the anti-Israel PR machine is working overtime.

CNN: Palestinians: Israeli attacks killing dozens

AP: 33 Dead In Escalating Attacks On Gaza

The Guardian: Israeli raids on Gaza kill 32

BBC: New Israeli raids on Gaza kill 32

Reuters: Israel kills 33 Palestinians in Gaza raid

AFP: Israeli forces pound Gaza, killing 33

Say, you know what tends to be missing from those headlines? A little fact like this one:

Meanwhile, the rocket attacks on Ashkelon and the western Negev continued Saturday morning. Palestinians fired three Grad missiles at Ashkelon, one of them directly hitting an apartment building.

Three residents, two of them children, were evacuated in light condition to the Barzilai Medical Center in the city. Several people were treated for shock. More than 30 rockets were fired from Gaza since Friday night.

Palestinians are rocketing a city of 120,000 people, and managing to land some hits. That’s one of the two reasons the IDF forces are in Gaza right now: To stop Hamas and other terrorists from murdering Israelis with rockets.

Nearly all of the press accounts carry uncritically the Hamas line that half the casualties are civilians. Uh-huh. Here we go again. Funny how nobody ever even uses the word “civilian” to describe the deaths and injuries of Israelis hit by terrorist rocket fire. For instance:

Reuters: Israel said it was responding to cross-border rockets which killed an Israeli man in the border town of Sderot on Wednesday and wounded others in the major southern city of Ashkelon.

AFP: The raids were launched in response to the death of one Israeli citizen, a 44-year-old man, in the town of Sderot in a missile strike last week.

CNN: She also said more than 30 homemade rockets were launched into Israel from Gaza overnight, including six that landed around Ashkelon, injuring an Israeli woman and two children.

Another 19 rockets, called Qassam rockets, were launched from Gaza earlier on Friday, including one that slammed into a house in Sderot, slightly wounding a woman, she said.

AP: Palestinian rocket fire earlier in the week also killed an Israeli man. The rocket assaults grew more ominous when a projectile struck closer to Israel’s heartland.

BBC: But several more were launched in recent hours, three hitting the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon and causing light injuries to four people.

On Wednesday a rocket fired by Hamas militants killed an Israeli student in the southern town of Sderot, the first such death in nine months.

On the other hand, there are many, many words about the Palestinian civilian casualties. Like this excerpt from the AP, which comes close to admitting that, gee, Palestinian terrorists lie.

The latest round of bloodletting began before midnight Friday in the northern town of Beit Hanoun, where a 13-month-old girl, Malak Karfaneh, was killed by shrapnel. Hamas blamed Israel, but residents said a militant rocket fell short and landed in the area of the baby’s house.

Imagine that. The Palestinians lie.

For that matter, so does the press. Go ahead and click the links. Then go to Ynet for a palate cleanser of unvarnished facts.

“The activity is taking place in areas which the terror organizations want to guard, including launching pads,” a military source explained. “We are fighting against a large scope of armed gunmen. The soldiers have encountered various countermeasures, such as explosive devises, anti-tank missiles and sniper fire.

“There have been several attempts (by gunmen) to try and harm the troops in order to accomplish a show of force, but the soldiers are ready for it,” added the source. “The IAF is assisting us and the cooperation between the ground forces and the aerial ones is satisfactory.”

What time is it, folks? That’s right. It’s Israeli Double Standard Time. But don’t worry—that only happens on days that end in a “y”.