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Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza; first since truce
The IAF launched airstrikes on the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since a truce ended an eight-day cross-border war in November.
"Occupation planes bombarded an open area in northern Gaza, there were no wounded," a statement from the Hamas Interior Ministry said. The IDF confirmed that it had launched airstrikes on a two terror targets in northern Gaza and recorded direct hits.
The airstrike followed the firing of a Palestinian projectile from Gaza which exploded in southern Israels Eshkol region on Tuesday. The explosion occurred in an open area, and did not cause any injuries.
The IDF said it did not immediately know if the projectile was a mortar shell or a rocket.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Hamas-IAF-launched-air-strike-on-Gaza-1st-since-truce-308476
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)makes sense, well from a certain POV at any rate they're all Arabs after all aren't they?
but it perhaps this little news item is supposed to justify or somethingRevealed: Qassam fell in empty Sderot preschool during Obama visit
The rocket could have had devastating results and dramatically changed the current status quo in the south: Two weeks after US President Barack Obama's visit, it was discovered Tuesday that during his visit a rocket fired from Gaza had landed in a Sderot preschool penetrating the roof and only partially exploding.
The rocket made its way through the roof of Margalit's preschool in Sderot, which usually houses three year olds, and partially exploded.
According to estimates, it was fired from the Gaza Strip on March 21 - the day Obama gave his now famous Jerusalem speech along with four other Qassam rockets fired at Sderot and the Gaza vicinity communities that day.
The projectile was only discovered Tuesday for the same reason it failed to cause causalities school was out because of the Passover vacation.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4363076,00.html
guess no one pays attention?
video included @ Ynet link from original story, nothing from claimed nursery school attack
pelsar
(12,283 posts)makes sense, well from a certain POV at any rate they're all Arabs after all aren't they?
the IAF airstrike was in gaza, from where the rockets/mortars were fired, nothing to do with the golan.
hence the question: are you simply trying to make us appear to racists? and if so why?
hey're all Arabs after all aren't they
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Palestinians equated to Arabs in the same vein that Israel equates to Jews here quite frequently at least from Israel's supporters here
eta as that is not your POV then really you have no reason to be offended
somebody in the world in some forum equates arabs to Palestinians...somehow that affects you and influences you to decide that israelis are racists?
and to do so you decide to simply make up something to prove your point?
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am i offended personally? no....however, i admit i find the concept rather strange, to prove a point, by making up something.
so you made it up because "other people do it"
and people might actually believe you, which is good or bad from your point of view?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)not aimed at you and certainly not made up are you denying that there are posters here that do that? Oddly it is usually the same ones that equate Jews with Israel that also equate Palestinians with Arabs
pelsar
(12,283 posts)an editorial? doesnt that mean the writer believes what they're writing?
...its was a made up post, and its simply not true, and its was designed to show that israelis are racists.
what part is not made up? (involving israel?)
its said/written enough by others all over the world and many believe it, simply because its said enough times...your post just adds to the pile.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and yes I believe that is true, that part of my poster had little to do with Israeli's unless the posters are of course themselves Israeli as far as I know though most are American
pelsar
(12,283 posts)yes posters here and all over the world equate Palestinians to arabs..
what has that got to do with your claiming that israel is a racist country? that sees all arabs as the same?
they're all Arabs after all aren't they?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)you are choosing to interpret it that way,
if I really wanted to prove Israel was a racist country this would not be my choice of example
pelsar
(12,283 posts)do you stand by this statement that you wrote as factual?
Israel gets shelled from the Golan and bombs Gaza in retaliation
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)yesterday the airstrike was announced prior to the announcement of rockets which caused no damage' now I have not checked thids OP but other article were updated to include that
and in the past Israel has bombed Gaza in retaliation for 'attacks' that originated in Egypt
but now your admitting that what I said about Palestinians vs Arabs wasn't really your problem ?
pelsar
(12,283 posts)and do it one small step at a time, so as to eliminate any and all confusion.
thats why i wrote start over:
and that is why i am asking again, if you stand by your original statement, its a very simple question.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)can't say I'm all too surprised because the story changed
pelsar
(12,283 posts)the original article had this:
The airstrike followed the firing of a Palestinian projectile from Gaza which exploded in southern Israels Eshkol region on Tuesday. The explosion occurred in an open area, and did not cause any injuries.
so where did you get the idea that the airstrike was becuase of syria?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)ya got me I was wrong
pelsar
(12,283 posts)so what does this mean?, from the the OP you were using
The airstrike followed the firing of a Palestinian projectile from Gaza which exploded in southern Israels Eshkol region on Tuesday. The explosion occurred in an open area, and did not cause any injuries.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)to call out the bombers when Obama was there
pelsar
(12,283 posts)so to clarify, in this instance you didnt read the whole OP (which happens) and quickly made the assumption that israel bombed gaza because of syria....
correct?
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)that actually originated in Egypt
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pelsar
(12,283 posts)I'm referring to your assumption
The airstrike followed the firing of a Palestinian projectile from Gaza which exploded in southern Israels Eshkol region on Tuesday. The explosion occurred in an open area, and did not cause any injuries.
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azurnoir
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odd that didn't happen when Obama was there, wonder why
it now comes out that the rockets did even hit Israel
Israel bombs Gaza Strip
Two airstrikes hit a tile factory in the Shujaiyeh neighborhood, east of Gaza City, and farm land in Beit Lahiya in the north, locals said.
On Tuesday Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel after the death in custody of a Palestinian who suffered from cancer, Israeli police said.
"There was a rocket that was fired," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. "It landed in an open area," he said, adding there were no immediate reports of casualties or property damage.
Earlier in the day Palestinian witnesses told AFP militants in Gaza City had fired three mortar rounds on Israel.
The Israeli army initially said one projectile had landed in Israel, without causing any casualties, but later said none had.
A spokeswoman said military systems detected launches within Gaza but that they had fallen short and landed within the strip.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=581689