Palestinian Terrorists Using Children As Shields

Arutz Sheva ^ | 3-8-04

[SJackson]

Among the 14 Arabs killed in yesterday's IDF counter-terrorism operation were one child and a youth. IDF sources said that the two were placed in the line of fire, with the terrorists hiding behind them.

Among the 14 Arabs killed in yesterday's IDF counter-terrorism operation in Gaza were one child and a youth. IDF sources said that the two were placed in the line of fire, with the terrorists hiding behind them.

Lt.-Col. Ofer, commander of the Givati Brigade Patrol Battalion, told Yediot Acharonot, "The other side has a culture of using children as a human shield. We have several times seen armed Palestinians with children in their hands. They make sure to lift the children in the air [so that we can see them], assuming that we will then not shoot. Yesterday [on Shabbat], the children approached within a few meters of the tanks. Behind them, grenades were thrown - and exploded - at the tanks..."

Reports from the scene of yesterday's battle indicate that local Arabs use loudspeakers to encourage children to come out to the scene of the battle.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

From a recent, similar incident.

[Agnes Heep]

Mini shields, no doubt.

[nonliberal]

Only smaller targets. Precision guided technology should make pig food out of them.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Start dropping precision munitions on the targets and people will quickly get the idea that trying to shield these murderers is a good way to get killed very quickly.

[bobo1]

Not only do they hide behind them, but they strap bombs to them. They are vermin.

The only way to deal with the problem is to forcibly remove the "Palestinians" from the area.

The middle east is 99.04% controlled by the Arab world. The other .06% belongs to Israel. This is not a fight about land.

Blessings, Bobo

[ServesURight]

It's for the chilllllllldreeeeen. Where's the outcry from Amnesty International, Hollywood, and the Democrats?

[dennisw]

More child sacrifice for their pagan god. They prefer Jewish children to die but Muslim boys are OK if it furthers their Islamikazi propaganda.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I wonder how feasable it would be to put a laser guidance or GPS device on a medium to heavy mortar round?

Soldier #1 illuminates the target with a laser that emits a frequency out of visible range or acquires the precise global cordinates and radios that the target is acquired.

Soldier #2 loads info into the guidance system of the mortar round and "WHUMP!", it is off. A few seconds later, a few Palies meet Allah and find out that Allah really means "Satan".

[Alouette]

Sun Mar 7, 4:06 PM ET
Palestinian boys throw stones at an Israeli tank Sunday in the Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

Mon Mar 8,12:15 PM ET
A Palestinian boy yawns [looks more like he's yelling "Kill the Jews!!"] as he holds an M-16 rifle during an Islamic Jihad rally at Khan Younis refugee camp Southern Gaza Strip March 8, 2004. Thousands of Palestinians attended an Islamic Jihad rally for the families of the Palestinians who died during an Israeli raid on the camp two years ago. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Sun Mar 7,11:24 AM ET
A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun as he attends the funeral of fourteen people killed in Nusseirat and al-Bureij camps in central of Gaza Strip, March 7, 2004. Armored Israeli forces raided two Gaza refugee camps on Sunday, igniting gun battles that killed 14 Palestinians after militants staged an audacious attack on Israeli soldiers at Gaza's border. REUTERS/ Mohammed Salem

Sun Mar 7, 7:45 AM ET
A Palestinian boy plays inside a car damaged by a tank following the Israeli troops raid at Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip March 7, 2004. Israeli forces raided two Gaza refugee camps on Sunday, killing at least 13 Palestinians in fighting after militants staged an elaborate attack at the Israel-Gaza border, witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Sun Mar 7, 4:08 AM ET
Palestinian youths chant as other throw stones at Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers, background, during an army incursion to Bureij refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip, Sunday March 7, 2004. Israeli troops raided two Gaza refugee camps early Sunday, sparking gun battles that killed 13 Palestinians, including an 8-year-old boy, and wounded at least 59 Palestinians, among them nine in critical condition. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Sun Feb 29, 5:32 PM ET
Palestinian Amira Mahsen, left, holds a picture of her son Tarek, arrested by Israeli forces, as other members of the family gather at their house in the northern West Bank village of Tubas, late Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004. Israeli forces arrested three Palestinian youths Thursday, including 13 year-old Tarek, when they tried to cross a checkpoint with makeshift guns, an Israeli police spokesman said. The boys said they planned to shoot people in the northern Israeli city of Afula, just across the line fromthe West Bank. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

[SJackson]

I wonder how feasable it would be to put a laser guidance or GPS device on a medium to heavy mortar round?

There have been reports that Israel is developing a computorized counterbattery capability in anticipation of mortar/rocket attacks on the completion of the security fence. To target and fire withing the the minute or so window available without causing significant civilian casualties, I have to think that's exactly what's being developed.

[nonliberal]

And they find out that their 72 virgins all look like Helen Thomas.