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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
UN envoy tells ‘outrageous’ Israel to stop shooting children in Gaza
2018-04-21
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinians say four killed, including a 15-year-old boy; Israel urges UN to condemn Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, for 'despicable exploitation of women and kiddies'

The United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
 envoy to the region on Friday slammed Israel’s response to the Gazoo protests as "outrageous" and called on the IDF to stop shooting children after four Paleostinians, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed during festivities along the Gazoo border fence.

"It is OUTRAGEOUS to shoot at children!" tweeted UN Middle East peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov.

"How does the killing of a child in #Gazoo today help #peace? It doesn’t! It fuels anger and breeds more killing. #Children must be protected from #violence, not exposed to it, not killed! This tragic incident must be investigated," he wrote.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
 Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon called on the international body to condemn Hamas’ use of children as a cover for their terror activities.

"Hamas continues to encourage violence against Israel while rioters use Molotov Cocktails and other means to damage the border fence and try and return to Israeli territory," Danon said.

"I call on the UN representatives to condemn Hamas for encouraging violence, continuing to strive to create instability and the despicable exploitation of women and kiddies by placing them in harm’s way," Danon said.

Some 3,000 Paleostinians protested along the Gazoo border with Israel on Friday,
...Week 1 had 30,000, Week 2 had 20,000, Week 3 had 10,000, and this was the fourth Friday protest...
burning tires and flying flaming kites across the frontier to set Israeli fields ablaze, witnesses and the army said. Soldiers responded with tear gas and live fire, killing four Paleostinians, including the 15-year-old, according to the Hamas run-health ministry.

Israel’s army said it was looking into the incidents.

In all the Gazoo ministry said that some 445 people were maimed, including 96 from live fire.

These brought to 39 the number of fatalities from the border demonstrations and festivities dubbed the March of Return, which took place for the fourth time Friday, according to the health ministry figures. The numbers could not be verified by Israel.

Hamas has acknowledged that several of those killed were its members, and Israel has identified other fatalities as members of terrorist groups.

Huge black plumes of smoke from the blazing tires engulfed the area, as Israeli troops fired tear gas and live bullets, witnesses said.

Israel accuses Hamas of using civilian shields, including women and kiddies, as cover for carrying out attacks along the border.

Hundreds were clashing with Israeli forces, an AFP correspondent said.
Ynet adds:
The Gazoo Health Ministry says 445 Paleostinians have been maimed in protests on the Gazoo-Israel border, including 96 who were maimed by Israeli army fire.

The officials say that of those injured Friday, 174 were transferred to hospitals and 271 treated in field clinics. Some of the injured were overcome by tear gas, hit with rubber-coated steel pellets or hit by shrapnel.
Another Times of Israel article adds:
The Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,-run health ministry in Gazoo says 729 Paleostinians were maimed in festivities with Israeli troops on the border Friday, including 156 from live fire. It does not provide details on the circumstances of their injuries.
Dawn adds:
Gazooks also flew dozens of kites near the border fence, in some cases carrying Molotov cocktails and one with a swastika painted on it, in a new tactic that sparked at least two small fires in Israeli territory this week.

Israel says it has only opened fire when necessary to guard its border and prevent violence, but no Israelis have been maimed and its open-fire rules have come under scrutiny.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Hey Niki, remember Bernadotte.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-04-21 02:01  

#1  Tell them to GET OFF MY LAWN.
Posted by: newc   2018-04-21 01:33  

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