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In Gaza, Right Target, but the Wrong People Die
NY Times ^ | July 12, 2006 | STEVEN ERLANGER

Posted on 07/12/2006 5:20:53 PM PDT by SJackson

GAZA, July 12 — Israeli intelligence identified the correct target, a three-story concrete house on the northern edge of Gaza City where top Hamas military men were holding a meeting, including Muhammad Deif, the head of the military wing, sought by Israel for more than a decade, and Raed Saad, his top aide.

The Israeli air force hit the target accurately at 3 a.m. local time today, causing the back of the house to collapse into a concrete sandwich, while the front of the house teetered backwards, resting on the rubble behind.

But the top men of Hamas’s secretive military wing, who have held a captured Israeli soldier since June 25, escaped, although with apparently moderate injuries, even after another Israeli missile was fired on a car fleeing the scene.

Instead, the bombing killed nine members of the Salmiyeh family, a father, mother and seven of the couple’s 10 children, aged 7 to 18, who were on the upper floors of the house.

To hear the views of neighbors and onlookers, the attack was another example of wanton killing, of the Israeli disregard for Palestinian life.

From Israel’s point of view, the meeting was a perfectly justified target and another example of the irresponsibility of Hamas in putting civilian lives at risk.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel
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1 posted on 07/12/2006 5:20:54 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. And when Israel does get Deif, civilians will die because they hide amongst civilians. The civilian deaths are on Deif's head
2 posted on 07/12/2006 5:22:04 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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Deif's trail of terror and escape
By ISAAC APTER
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885983137&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

For years he has topped the Israeli security establishment's "most wanted" list of terrorists. Muhammad Deif's long career with Hamas in Gaza produced many of the suicide bombing attacks against Israel.

But despite numerous attempts on his life by the IAF, the latest coming on Wednesday and reportedly leaving him injured, Deif continues to lead a charmed life.

Learning of Wednesday's failed hit, former Mossad chief Dani Yatom lamented: "It's a pity that he wasn't killed. He is no less dangerous when he is injured. He has been injured many times before. The only way to make him less dangerous is to kill him."

1993: Deif planned a drive-by shooting in which American Isaac Weinstock, 19, was murdered.

1994: Masterminded the kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old soldier, Nachshon Wachsman. Wachsman was eventually killed by his kidnappers when IDF commandos stormed the house in which he was being held.

1996: In March, following Israel's assassination of Hamas bombmaker Yihye Ayash, masterminded Hamas's eight-day suicide bombing campaign in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Ashkelon, which killed 60 Israelis and three Americans, and wounded 130.

2000: In May, the Palestinian Authority announced that Deif had been taken into custody by Muhammad Dahlan's Preventive Security Services. This was presented by the PA as a gesture to Israel and America ahead of the upcoming Camp David summit. Israeli security sources suggested at the time that it was most likely that Deif had given himself up to Dahlan's men in order to avoid being captured or killed by Israel.

In October, the PA released hundreds of imprisoned terrorists after Israel launched air strikes against its security installations, but Deif was reportedly kept in detention "for his own protection." But Hamas claimed that Deif managed to escape while being transferred to a PA detention center in Gaza City. 2001: On August 22, an Israeli military helicopter launched missiles at a convoy carrying Adnan al-Ghoul, a well-known Hamas figure, and Deif. Deif reportedly jumped out of the car seconds before the car was struck. Al-Ghoul's 19-year-old son Bilal was killed.

2002: In July Deif was appointed as the new commander of Hamas's Izzadin Kassam Brigade in Gaza, following the killing of his predecessor Salah Shehadeh in an IAF bombing strike on his house.

Deif again escaped an attempt on his life on September 26, when an IDF helicopter launched a missile attack on his car in Gaza City. Deif sustained moderate wounds, suffering burns to his body and losing one of his eyes.

2003: In September Deif escaped an IAF air strike aimed at a gathering of the top Hamas leadership in Gaza City.

2004: In October Deif became the exclusive chief of Hamas's military wing when al-Ghoul was killed in an IAF air strike while riding in his car in Gaza.

2005: A week following Israel's disengagement from Gaza, Deif appeared in a videotape released by the Izzadin Kassam Brigade. With most of his body appearing behind a shadow and his face blackened out, Deif spoke about the pullout, praising Hamas fighters and vowing that Hamas would continue to fight Israel until it was destroyed.

2006: It was reported in February that Deif, unhappy with Hamas's decision to run against Fatah in the PA elections, had decided to split from the group to begin formation of an al-Qaida cell in the Gaza Strip. These reports were denied by the Hamas political leadership.


3 posted on 07/12/2006 5:22:53 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: SJackson

Hamas. Hiding behind civilians since 19whenever.

}:-)4


4 posted on 07/12/2006 5:23:07 PM PDT by Moose4 (Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad.)
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To: SJackson
perfectly justified target and another example of the irresponsibility of Hamas in putting civilian lives at risk.

yep

5 posted on 07/12/2006 5:24:03 PM PDT by Chani (Life is fatal. The 100% statistic is compelling.)
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To: SJackson

NY TIMES?

They should be on the gallows for treason.


6 posted on 07/12/2006 5:24:08 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Our leaders ain't our friends.)
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To: SJackson
WRONG TARGET:
If the terrorists had hit the New York Times on 911 instead of the WTC,
thousands of Americans would be alive today and the War on Terror
probably would have already been won.
7 posted on 07/12/2006 5:24:13 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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2006: It was reported in February that Deif, unhappy with Hamas's decision to run against Fatah in the PA elections, had decided to split from the group to begin formation of an al-Qaida cell in the Gaza Strip. These reports were denied by the Hamas political leadership.

Well, well, wellll. Very interesting.

}:-)4

8 posted on 07/12/2006 5:24:52 PM PDT by Moose4 (Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad.)
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To: SJackson

Hey Steven..... there are no innocents in Gaza. No woman, no child, no elderly great grandfather is innocent.


9 posted on 07/12/2006 5:25:34 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: SJackson

They got him

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/12/D8IQP2182.html


10 posted on 07/12/2006 5:26:46 PM PDT by Milk in Detroit
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To hear the views of neighbors and onlookers, the attack was another example of wanton killing, of the Israeli disregard for Palestinian life. Should read:

The attack was another example of wanton cowardess, of the Palestinian disregard for all life.


11 posted on 07/12/2006 5:27:15 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather?)
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To: Moose4

Mooselimbs - using women and children as human shields since 735 AD


12 posted on 07/12/2006 5:27:36 PM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: SJackson
"Tough!" When terrorists hide among civilians, collateral casualties are inevitable. To take out terrorists means civilians will sometimes die. In any case, the responsibility for the civilian deaths falls on the PA terrorist regime sworn to Israel's destruction, which shelters terrorists who plan acts of mass murder and mayhem against Israel's citizens. Israel will pursue them wherever they are and terminate them with extreme prejudice. Such is the nature of war.

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

13 posted on 07/12/2006 5:28:06 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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14 posted on 07/12/2006 5:33:17 PM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 79-82)
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To: SJackson
I have no sympathy for the adults in the Salmiyeh family, having their children there is the equivalent of keeping them above a meth lab.

Prayers for the children.

15 posted on 07/12/2006 5:37:32 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: SJackson
To hear the views of neighbors and onlookers, the attack was another example of wanton killing, of the Israeli disregard for Palestinian life.

Of course.
I always feel totally safe and sleep like a baby when crazed killers are having a meeting downstairs...

Uh huh.

16 posted on 07/12/2006 5:44:18 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: SJackson

Bad friends bring bad luck.

Are the Israelis expected to conduct operations with surgical precision? (Rhetorical question: of course they are!) Are Palestinians given a pass for committing wanton murder? (Another Rhetorical question: of course they are!)


17 posted on 07/12/2006 5:46:32 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: SJackson

If it's from the NY Slimes, why even bother reading it?


18 posted on 07/12/2006 5:47:14 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: SJackson
There are no "wrong" dead among the Pali Swine.

(And why did Fox News report no dead, just a few minutes ago?)

ML/NJ

19 posted on 07/12/2006 5:48:50 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: SJackson
To hear the views of neighbors and onlookers, the attack was another example of wanton killing, of the Israeli disregard for Palestinian life.

If that were true the Palie population would've been neutron bombed long ago...

20 posted on 07/12/2006 5:49:43 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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