Hamas taunts Israel with Gilad Shalit cartoon

[Behind the Aegis]

Hamas TV in Gaza has broadcast a short animated movie mocking Gilad Shalit - the Israeli soldier captured by the militant Islamic group three years ago.

The Israeli media played excerpts from the movie on Monday.

The film depicts the 22-year-old Israel Defense Forces Sgt. chained to a jail cell wall, pleading with a Palestinian boy to be set free. The boy refuses, saying he has relatives in Israeli prisons.

Gaza militants captured the soldier in June 2006 after tunneling into Israel. Two other soldiers were killed in the attack.Shalit has not been seen since, and Hamas has prevented the Red Cross from visiting him.

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[IndianaGreen]

1. He is DEAD!

I am sick of this sick game Hamas is playing on the Shalit family.

[TheMadMonk]

2. I find 100 for 1 reprisals to be far more sickening.

Particuarly when most of those killed in reprisal are innocent of any wrongdoing.

Hamas's games are no different to the games played by our own with the prisoners at Gitmo. With victims of sexual assault within our armed forces. Victims of "friendly" fire incidents.

AND Hamas's games are far less sickening than the ones reportedly played by IDF sharpshooters shooting into schools, or picking off targets of opportunity, not because those targets showed any signs of being a threat, but simply because the shooter had an opportunity to "take the shot".

[henank]

3. Links and proof please

for those vile slanderous assertions.

[varelse]

4. Mubarak: Gilad Shalit is in good condition

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1098427.html

Maybe not?

[Recursion]

5. I used to disagree, but I'm coming around to your view

Obviously I'm not privy to any info, but I think there would have been a more recent proof of life by now if there were still life to prove :(

And, before I get accused of being soft on Hamas, harming Shalit was a war crime just like the abuse of any other POW.

[azurnoir]

6. The Palestinians are holding one Israeli

Israel is holding-

In 2008, the number of administrative detainees dropped gradually: from 813 in January to 546 in December. Six of the detainees in December were minors. For the first time, Israel held two female minors in administrative detention; both had their detention period extended for a second period. B’Tselem demands that Israel immediately release all administrative detainees, or try them for the offences they are alleged to have committed. The total number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli custody at the end of December was 7,904.

http://www.btselem.org/english/press_releases/20090205.asp