blog.camera.org - 1/5/2009
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In a report about Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the New York Times' Taghreed El-Khodary reports today: A week ago, after Israel began its air assault, hundreds of Hamas militants were taken to the hospital. Yet on Sunday, the...
jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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jpost.com —
As the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip
entered its 10th day, Hamas has begun sending conflicting...
messages regarding its intentions. These contradictory messages, Palestinian political analysts said, reflected the state of confusion in Hamas and raised ...
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Analysis: Hamas desperate for lull | Middle East | ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Az-Zahar claimed victory for
Hamas on Monday, saying Hamas had succeeded in “destroying...
Israel's sense of security” with its rocket attacks. Zahar made his proclamation in video footage sent from a secret ...
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Zahar Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children - ...
pajamasmedia.com - 1/5/2009
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pajamasmedia.com —
Those who point to the inefficiency of Hamas
rocket attacks act as if they wouldnât be happy...
to have more efficient or deadly rockets or that they regret the ones that fall on kindergartens and hospitals. So Hamasâ open pride in its mass murder ...
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RonRosenbaum.com » Some Differences Between Hamas ...
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Palestinian Fauxtography?
Snapped Shot —
... on the scenes at al-Shifa Memorial Human Shields Storage Area Hospital? And to think, almost none of them seem to be able to spot the militants amongst the bunch. ...
Bad News, More Ways Than One
Snapped Shot —
... said a colonel who commanded an infantry brigade was among the injured.
Meanwhile, it would seem that the fluff continues on the part of CR(ap):
Despite Israeli claims that casualties have been heavy among militants, no injured Hamas fighters were seen Monday by an Associated Press reporter at Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip's largest. Instead, the hospital was overwhelmed with civilians.
And yet, we know that there were, thanks to CAMERA. But then, Shifa may be getting prepped to be another Lebanon Fauxtography ...
The NY Times's One-Sided Reporting on the Gaza 'Assault'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Not a single militant? Really? The Camera blog "Snapshots" begged to differ. Contributor "TS" found an Associated Press photo with this caption: ...
Dastardly Israelis Bomb United Nations School!
Snapped Shot —
... to the news story.
(For an example of Hamas using a UN School as a rocket-launching platform, please see the video here. We covered it way back when, as well, but Jim remembered it first, so off you go.)
Update: You know, one fact which does not escape me is that all of the men carrying bodies in this picture appear to be the right age and physical shape to be Hamas militants.
Not that the press generally knows how to identify militants or anything. ...
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