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Watch: IDF Calls Off Airstrike After Seeing Children Near Target
inn ^ | 7/11/2014 | Elad Benari, Canada

Posted on 07/11/2014 4:38:09 PM PDT by Nachum

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit has uploaded a video which shows how the IDF calls off Gaza airstrikes upon realizing that there are innocent civilians in the area.

In this video, showing a planned airstrike from Thursday, the airstrike was cancelled when the pilot realized that children were near his target.

During the current escalation, Hamas has openly boasted about the "success" of its strategy of using civilians as human shields, and the IDF has published extensive evidence of the practice.

Hamas has been encouraging as many noncombatants as possible to "protect" its positions with their bodies.

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


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airstrike; children; cowardlyhamas; hamasunderchildren; idf; stih; target; terroristsinhiding

1 posted on 07/11/2014 4:38:09 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

HIT the target


2 posted on 07/11/2014 4:42:58 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Nachum

Only cowards hide behind children.


3 posted on 07/11/2014 4:43:44 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Nachum

4 posted on 07/11/2014 4:49:05 PM PDT by SayNoToDems (Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
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To: LeoWindhorse
"HIT the target"

I would think anything in the Gaza Strip is the target.

5 posted on 07/11/2014 4:55:51 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73

Tru dat


6 posted on 07/11/2014 4:56:51 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: SayNoToDems

The general population of Gaza must pay for those they allow to rule them.

I would apply the same calculation here, based on the current administrations record.


7 posted on 07/11/2014 4:57:39 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: LeoWindhorse

You can’t win a war like this. And where is the psychology. Hit all the targets and when the media accuses Israel of killing children, instead of trying to explain that Hamas uses children as shields, say in a sneering tone that Hamas has to learn that they make poor body armor or missile armor. If the world does scream much louder than usual, at least that means at least they are out of their typical Jew hating comfort zone.


8 posted on 07/11/2014 5:00:10 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: SayNoToDems

Hamas WANTS dead children. Sick warfare. NOT war. Just sick


9 posted on 07/11/2014 5:00:33 PM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: Nachum

Has none heard anything about Hamas trying to use a nuclear weapon? I got an email about that but did not go into any details.


10 posted on 07/11/2014 5:01:05 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: Nachum

They will face these children as combatants in a few years.


11 posted on 07/11/2014 5:01:59 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: bakeneko
The general population of Gaza must pay for those they allow to rule them.

The Arabs in Gaza voted for Hamas; the Germans did not vote for Hitler (he was appointed reichskanzler by von Papen). This is not to say the we shouldn't have bombed Germany as we did, but that Israel should bomb Gaza even worse than what was done to Germany. I suspect the people in Gaza now are more evil than the Germans were back then.

12 posted on 07/11/2014 5:05:23 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: Nachum

Hit the damned targets. All of them. Defend yourselves You’re not running a stupid kindergarten. Grumph! The jooos are so intelligent about almost everything except self- defense and winning wars.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 5:16:44 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Nachum

........if I’m an Israeli pilot I too would not drop bombs KNOWINGLY and INTENTIONALLY on kids running around on a playground or yard of “dad the terrorist’s house” below. I don’t think but maybe a handful of Freepers would either.

That said, blasting this video world wide seems ludicrous. Now the insect jihadis will quadruple their efforts to get kids out playing everywhere they can.

Stepping way back from the forest and then taking a good look we all know that kids are going to get hurt in a war. Period.


14 posted on 07/11/2014 5:18:51 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Nachum

Many of those children are armed combatants. If the situation isn’t taken care of today, Israel will have double and triple the problem tomorrow.


15 posted on 07/11/2014 5:23:52 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Nachum

So they hit Wal Mart?


16 posted on 07/11/2014 6:04:28 PM PDT by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: Nachum

IDF Spokespersons has their own unit??


17 posted on 07/11/2014 6:24:00 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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