IDF blows up two empty Apt. buildings in Khan Yunis (GAZA)

[papau]

IDF blows up two buildings in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-08-21-israel-gaza_x.htm

Israel blows up Gaza apartments
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (APOnline) — Israeli troops blew up two apartment buildings in a Gaza Strip refugee camp Wednesday, just hours after undercover forces killed the brother of a radical Palestinian leader during an arrest raid in the West Bank.

The Israeli strikes, which came a day after a Hamas sniper killed an Israeli soldier, further undercut shaky attempts to reach a partial truce. However, officials from both sides said Wednesday they were not walking away from the deal.

In the agreement reached earlier this week, Israeli soldiers withdrew from the West Bank town of Bethlehem and were to pull back from positions in Gaza, in exchange for Palestinian efforts to maintain calm in the test areas.

Militant Palestinian groups have rejected the plan and said they would carry out more attacks on Israelis. On Tuesday, a Hamas sniper firing from the Khan Younis refugee camp killed an Israeli soldier guarding nearby Jewish settlements, in what the Islamic militant group said was an attempt to disrupt the truce.

In response, Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopters blew up a five-story and a six-story building in Khan Yunis in what the army said was an operation to prevent gunmen from firing on nearby Jewish settlements. <snip>

[dArKeR]

1. The story does NOT say "Empty"!

A Palestinian woman stands on the rubble of her house after two large apartment blocks were blown up by Israeli troops during a raid on the Khan Younis refugee camp southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) August 2, 2004. Israeli forces blew up the apartment blocks in the Gaza Strip, destroying the homes of hundreds of Palestinians on Thursday, two days after suicide bombers killed 16 people in Israel. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040902/photos_ts/mdf684338


I can't believe our Gov. is giving American citizens tax dollars to Israel!

[number6]

5. they told everybody to get out, so they were "empty"

kinda like Bush trick talk ....

you know the worlds a lot safer place since our war on
turr-ah :eyes: :crazy:

[idontwantaname]

2. WTF? i guess israeli brainwashing propaganda is infectious.

murderers - theives - liars... sounds like GW.

[IA_Seth]

3. Ruthless & Unjust

From the link above...

"In all, 100 people were made homeless. Eighty had lived in the smaller homes and 20 in the apartment blocks, the officials said"

This is insane. 100 people homeless and at least one dead for revenge of a single IDF soldier being killed by a lone sniper. This is not justice, it is barbarity.

[number6]

4. Unjust -n-Ruthless

I can't believe our Gov. is giving American citizens tax dollars to Israel!

[Lithos]

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