Saturday December 27, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

A rocket misfired in Gaza on Friday and it killed two young girls.
The rocket was a Qassam, shot by terrorist who were aiming it to land somewhere in Israel.
Instead, the rocket landed somewhere on a house in Gaza and a 5 year old and 13 year old were killed.

Earlier in the day another rocket misfired from Gaza.
That rocket badly wounded a 35 year old man who is now in a hospital in Israel where his wounds are being treated.
The man was wounded in the head when his house took a direct Qassam hit. After initial treatment at a Gaza hospital he was evacuated on an Israeli ambulance that entered Gaza and whisked him away.

All this was happening under the canopy of war, a war in which Qassams are shot into Israel from Gaza.
While this was happening Israel opened the borders to Gaza to allow in as much food and supplies as possible. Israel opened the gates and sent in the supplies in advance of a strike that Israel is planning against Islamic Jihad and Hamas in Gaza.

For Israel this inconsistent behavior is not strange but expected.
Israel treats and cares for the wounded of their enemy especially the civilian wounded.
Israel delivers food to the enemy.

For Hamas this behavior is also expected.
Hamas, in their zeal to murder innocent Israelis, expects to murder innocent Gazans.
Hamas does not care about innocent bystanders, not their own and certainly not Israelis.
Hamas has said that innocent who die at the hands of martyrs are themselves martyrs and heroes.

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