Report: Chances slim that IDF shell killed Gazans on beach

Jerusalem Post ^ | 12 June 2006 | JPost.com.staff

[ScaniaBoy]

The IDF probe investigating the deaths of seven Palestinian civilians from an explosion on a beach in Gaza on Friday evening concluded that chances were slim that the accident was caused by IDF shelling.

According to Channel 2, the findings, expected to be formally released on Tuesday, showed an inconsistency between the shrapnel found in the body of one of the wounded babies and the metal used in IDF artillery.

Moreover, the investigation noted the absence of a crater at the site of the explosion, as would be expected if an IDF shell had landed there.

The third observation casting doubt on the possibility of IDF shelling was the gap between the time when the army shot the artillery and when the commotion on the beach began. According to the probe's findings, several minutes past after the shelling, before the Palestinians on the beach reacted.

The leading theory currently entertained, suggested that an explosive charge, buried by Palestinians on the Gaza beach to prevent Israeli infiltration, was behind the explosion.

Throughout the whole investigation, army officials complained at the lack of Palestinian cooperation. Unconfirmed reports further suggested attempts by Palestinians to remove shrapnel from the bodies of the wounded, treated in Israeli hospitals, thus impeding the investigation.

[Guenevere]

I don't remember hearing this explanation (which I can fully believe) a few minutes ago on FOX news....

..maybe I missed it....but what they did show was a 12 yr old girl sobbing and falling down, because her father had been killed....at the 'picnic'

...that's what folks will remember.

That and tying it to the Israeli faction.

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[eleni121]

That's what Muslims do: lie to the infidel. It's commanded of them in their "unholy" book.

[1955Ford]

In the words of Clarice Feldman, the original story, that Israel shelled the beach, is "a story too good to be checked".

[American in Israel]

Channel 2 is Israeli.

[American in Israel]

I suspect, as the Islamics are shelling Israel with unprecedented levels of rockets, (over a hundred this weekend I think), this is just another failed rocket. They routinely blow up their own population with rockets that fall short.

I just wish I knew where on the map the hit was, if it was Gaza City, they clearly were targeting their own population for propaganda purposes as Gaza City is all the way south, and where they shoot from towards Jewish towns is mostly north of there.

[ichabod1]

I think people are realizing it's a setup. Haven't been hearing much about it recently. Out of the news cycle and down the memory hole.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"... an explosive charge, buried by Palestinians on the Gaza beach to prevent Israeli infiltration..."

Is that a long winded way of saying Pali landmine?

Michael Frazier

[ncountylee]

Is that a long winded way of saying Pali landmine?

Liberals have been so anti-landmine that they won't mention them in conjunction with Palis.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"Liberals have been so anti-landmine that they won't mention them in conjunction with Palis."

That is so true, isn't it.

Michael Frazier