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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. Islamic Jihad militants on motorcycles near the school
Sun Aug 3, 2014, 06:29 PM
Aug 2014

Israel is saying that is whom they were targeting - and witnesses at the scene also say that it appeared a motorcycle in the vicinity was the target.

What Israel doesn't understand is that they can't shoot at a militant when he is riding past a school filled with civilians.

Whatever moral authority they think they have is given up when there is such a callous disregard for innocent life.

Edit to add:

Citing initial reports, the strike near the U.N. school in Rafah may have been targeting someone who was riding a motorcycle, NPR's Emily Harris says — "and the hit happened just as the motorbike passed the gates of the school."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/03/337531548/gaza-deadly-attack-near-u-n-school-update-on-israeli-soldier

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