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IDF Blows Up Hamas Rocket Launcher Next To Humanitarian Area Near Rafah, Anti-Israel Trolls Cry ‘War Crime'
2024-05-05
[LI] Anti-Israel trolls are again crying foul after Israeli military destroyed a Hamas rocket launcher next to a humanitarian area in Rafah, southern Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian agitators on Twitter accused Israel of a ’war crime’ and ’genocide’ after an Israeli fighter jet on Friday struck a launcher used by terrorists to fire rockets towards southern Israel.

"Yesterday (Friday), a launch that was identified crossing from the area of Khan Yunis toward Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha fell near the security fence area in the southern Gaza Strip. Shortly after, IAF fighter jets struck terror targets adjacent to a launch site in the area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip," the Israeli military disclosed in a press release Saturday.

The IDF guided the Gaza civilians away from the target ahead of the strike, even at the cost of losing the element of surprise.

"Additionally, IAF aircraft struck a loaded mortar launcher ready to fire toward IDF troops in the central Gaza Strip. Furthermore, in the southern Gaza Strip, after the IDF confirmed the evacuation of civilians located near the area, IAF fighter jets struck rocket launchers aimed to launch toward Israel in the southern Gaza Strip," the press statement added.

The incident took place in Khan Yunis, a town couple of miles from Rafah — the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza. The IDF is setting up a massive tent city in the area to accommodate civilian evacuees from Rafah ahead of an impending military operation aimed at freeing the hostages and eliminating Hamas’s Gaza-based terrorist leadership.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Three soldiers killed in mortar strike on Kerem Shalom
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-05 16:00  

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Posted by: Frank G   2024-05-05 12:32  

#8  But situating the rocket launchers near civilians isn't a "war crime."

Only whites can be racists. Only Israelis can be war criminals.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-05 11:51  

#7  But situating the rocket launchers near civilians isn't a "war crime."

Funny how that works, innit?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-05-05 11:20  

#6  #3 IDF forces attacked and destroyed several rocket launchers situated a few hundred yards from encampments of displaced Gazan civilians in the Gaza Strip's Rafah Sunday afternoon after a total of 14 rockets were fired from the area toward the Kerem Shalom crossing, causing multiple injuries.

Different rocket attack/response from the headline.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-05 11:18  

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Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-05 09:29  

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Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-05 09:22  

#3  At least 10 hurt in rocket attack on Kerem Shalom fired from Rafah

At least 10 people were hurt in a barrage of some 14 rockets and mortars was fired at Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza from the Rafah area on Sunday, in what is considered an unusual incident that comes after months of fighting in the Gaza Strip. Hamas immediately claimed responsibility for the strike.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-05 09:08  

#2  Hey Hooties...
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-05-05 08:32  

#1  White people are oppressors. Jews are white (nowadays white = average IQ greater, equal 100). Therefore Jews are oppressors. Sieg Heil!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-05-05 03:59  

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