Civilian Casualty Flattered To Have Been Mistaken For Hamas Leader

[iandhr]

RAFAH, GAZA STRIP—Remarking that he felt honored to be considered so important and influential, Gazan civilian casualty Khalil Said Zahlan told reporters from an emergency aid station Monday that he was incredibly flattered to have been mistaken for a Hamas militant leader by an Israeli airstrike. “I’m just a regular shop owner here in Gaza, so I can’t imagine what would lead them to think I had the capability to command an armed insurgent movement, but I’m not one to turn down a compliment,” said a bandaged Zahlan, who added that being held in high enough regard to be targeted and violently forced from his home by a round of bombing this morning was far from faint praise. “I have no connection to Hamas at all, but to receive that kind of attention from Israel’s top military officials is really something. This is an honor I won’t forget.” Zahlan added that he was deeply touched that the Israel Defense Forces also mistook his two young daughters and late wife for Hamas leaders as well

http://www.theonion.com/articles/civilian-casualty-flattered-to-have-been-mistaken,36615/

[upaloopa]

1. That's nothing many DUers are claiming those

killed by Israel, many who are children, these past few weeks deserve death for launching rockets toward Isreal.

[HERVEPA]

2. Total bullshit.

Nobody is saying the children deserved to die. Stop making shit up.

Some may have thought and indicated it's an incredibly terrible product of the bombing, and justified the bombing, but nobody said kids deseved to die.

And to say many DU'ers are saying that is pure garbage.

If you want to be taken seriously, think more about the words you choose when you post

[upaloopa]

3. They have generally justified the killings

That because of rockets. You can't say some are responcible and the others are just casualties. They are all dead and killed by Israel, men women and children.

[bemildred]

4. Israeli General: No Civilians in Gaza

Retired Israeli Major General Giora Eiland wrote in an op-ed that there is no such thing as an innocent civilian in Gaza. Late Monday, the former head of the National Security Council published an article on Ynet News arguing that the citizens of Gaza were as responsible for the recent violence as Hamas. He even made a comparison between the Gaza under Hamas and Nazi Germany.

"[T]hey are to blame for this situation just like Germany's residents were to blame for electing Hitler as their leader and paid a heavy price for that, and rightfully so," Eiland wrote.

Eiland's controversial remarks come amid others made by Israeli far-right bloggers and politicians. On Friday, the Times of Israel removed a blog post titled "When Genocide is Permissible," after an outcry from readers. Before that, a right-wing member of Israel's Knesset compared Palestinian children to "little snakes."

The distinction between Hamas and Gaza residents is nonexistent, Eiland argued. And because it tried to distinguish the two, Israel has sabotaged itself by fighting an enemy while providing them with humanitarian necessities.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/08/04/israeli-general-no-civilians-in-gaza.html