[Al Ahram] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, warned Tel Aviv on Sunday that the continuation of the Israeli occupation will put all its cities "within the targets" of the Islamist group.
| Because cities are military sites. |
In a press statement, the brigades described Israel's occupation of the Paleostinian territories as "dirty", and asserted that "no lives are more worthy than those of our people."
| "They make simply marvelous human shields, my dear." |
"The occupation forces bravely ran away with their soldiers from the real battlefield with Al-Qassam and the resistance factions, choosing to launch aerial and artillery offensives against civilians," the Paleostinian Press Agency (SAFA) quoted the group's statement as saying.
| That's certainly one way to look at things... |
"We tried as much as possible to focus on targeting Israeli military personnel, sites, airports and camps, but the enemy chose to cover its failures by attacking innocent civilian in their gathering centres and homes."
Almost 1,800 Paleostinians have been killed in Gazoo and another 9,320 maimed since the start of the Israeli offensive on 8 July. Figures released by the UN humanitarian agency OCHA on 2 August gave a total of 1,525 dead.
| So much for pushing the Jews off the land by out breeding them... |
Of the 1,196 killed whose identities could be verified, 1,033 were civilians,
| ... for a very specific definition of civilian that means nothing of the sort... |
nearly 84 percent, OCHA said. The number includes 329 children and 187 women.
Of the Paleostinians killed, 191 were members of gangs. On the other side, 66 Israelis have been killed, including 64 soldiers, all of whom have died since the ground offensive began.
According to Israel's army figures, Paleostinian factions since 8 July have fired 3,160 rockets, of which 2,483 hit Israel while 559 were intercepted by its Iron Dome anti-missile defence system.
| The remainder never having got out of Gaza, some of which hit various UN buildings and such, causing great upset among the international types and the American president. |
Israel says it has struck 4,626 targets across the Gazoo Strip in the 27-day operation.
| I wonder if we'll see more anti-war protesters murdered by Hamas in the streets... |
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