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2006-11-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Terrorists Escape IDF Siege on Gaza Mosque

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-03 08:16|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A slightly different story on Israeli Insider..

Here

Israeli forces opened fire Friday on a group of women who streamed to a Gaza mosque to serve as human shields for members of rockets squads and gunmen holed up there, killing one and wounding 10, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.

The IDF has since seized control of the mosque. Some of the gunmen inside have been injured, while others have surrendered. The raid was part of an intensified effort to prevent rocket fire from Gaza on Sderot and other Israeli border communities.

The standoff at the mosque became the focus of the fighting in the town when gunmen fleeing troops -- estimates ranged from one dozen to several dozen -- sought refuge there, and Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers quickly surrounded the building, the military and Palestinian security officials said.

As the two sides engaged exchanged sporadic fire Friday morning, a Hamas radio station broadcast a call to women to go to Beit Hanoun to shield the militants. Dozens of women left their homes to hurry to the mosque, and en route, came under Israeli fire, witnesses and officials said.

One woman, about 40, was shot dead, and 10 others were wounded, they said.

The army said troops spotted two militants hiding in the crowd of women and opened fire, hitting the two.

The IDF said on Friday that they suspected that Palestinian gunmen had dressed up as women in order to foil the army's attempts to gain access to the mosque in Gaza where Palestinian operatives were holed up inside, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Hamas radio station in Gaza broadcast a call to northern Gaza women to go to the mosque to serve as human shields for the operatives inside.

By mid-morning Friday, the military said a large group of women protesters had gathered outside the mosque. An unidentified number of militants escaped the building while the demonstration was going on, but some remained inside, the army and Hamas said.

Throughout the night, the two sides exchanged fire. Troops also threw stun and smoke grenades to pressure the gunmen to surrender. Witnesses said an Israeli army bulldozer knocked down an outer wall of the mosque.

It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties inside.

Posted by 3dc 2006-11-03 09:32|| 2006-11-03 09:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Muz!

Waddaya gonna say?

Posted by kelly 2006-11-03 10:02|| 2006-11-03 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 A radio broadcast directive for women to rush to the scene to act as human shields for the terrorist cost at least one woman her life and resulted in others being injured.

MSM TV is flipping out Burka Babe images like falafels on this one.

Posted by RD 2006-11-03 10:46|| 2006-11-03 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I saw images of the Burka Brigade coming to the aid of the Lions of Islam on NBC this morning. It reminded me of a National Geographic documentary on black bettles going to or coming from a dung hill.

Posted by Mark Z 2006-11-03 11:04|| 2006-11-03 11:04|| Front Page Top

#5 How manty times do they use Mosques to store arms bombs etc?????

The Israeli/US/UK should not treat these places as out of bounds!!!!

Posted by Cheregum Crelet7867 2006-11-03 11:45|| 2006-11-03 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 People volunteering to be human shields should be considered a part of the enemy armed forces (such as they are). If the enemy is a terrorist organization, then their supporters are too, and treat as such.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-11-03 11:47|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-11-03 11:47|| Front Page Top

Posted by RD 2006-11-03 11:55|| 2006-11-03 11:55|| Front Page Top

#8 CNN - The group of women rallied outside a mosque in Beit Hanoun shortly after Hamas radio called on women and children to march in protest at the incident, IDF said.

CNN's slant makes it seem the wimmins and kiddies were out for a stroll. None of their report indicates they were demanded to arrive as human shields. No mention of the reality of the cowardice and moral bankrupcy of Hamas.

Posted by Shuns Uleating3851 2006-11-03 11:58|| 2006-11-03 11:58|| Front Page Top

CLICK PIC FOR PALLYWOOD VIDEO

Posted by RD 2006-11-03 12:06|| 2006-11-03 12:06|| Front Page Top

#10 #7, the one in front, that's a MAN, baby!

Posted by docob 2006-11-03 12:24|| 2006-11-03 12:24|| Front Page Top

#11 The roof of the mosque collapsed on the terrorists shortly before dawn

Don't you love good news. Allen Ackbard!

Posted by Icerigger 2006-11-03 13:24|| 2006-11-03 13:24|| Front Page Top

#12 The Israelis should have bombed the mosque with JDAMs - about a dozen or so. That would have prevented the "escape", and the secondaries could have been blamed for killing any paleostain "women" protesting.

This crap's gotta cease. It's been going on for 60 years now, and it's time to put a halt to it. The only solution I see is the "genocide" of either killing or expelling all muzzlimbs from Gaza and the West bank, and annexing the terrritory to Israel. The US needs to show it's a TRUE friend of Israel by helping out. The first help should be a 20-ship (each) arclight strike on Damascus, southern Lebanon, el Arish, and anywhere else "assistance" might come from for the ayrab side. We've been "nice" too long, and the rest of the world is laughing at us. Time to wipe some smiles off some faces.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-11-03 13:53|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-03 13:53|| Front Page Top

#13 I agree, OP, the Palestinians repeatedly have proven that they have no intention of ever creating some sort of realistic peace with Israel. Their election of Hamas was a signal to all and sundry that peace was the last of their concerns. If the Palestinians do not want a two-state arrangement, so be it. Let Israel eject them in whatever fashion they see fit so this festering sore can heal for once. The Palestinians have been the beneficiaries of HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS worth of assistance and have absolutely NOTHING to show for it. They deserve nothing but a chance to see how it feels to be diaspora for a change.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-03 14:05|| 2006-11-03 14:05|| Front Page Top

#14 Seems obvious to us, but not to the important people. I hate to see this administration sucked into the Paleostinian Punch and Judy Show.

Condi: Master of Cognitive Egocentrism

Posted by SR-71 2006-11-03 14:40|| 2006-11-03 14:40|| Front Page Top

#15 News agencies publicized Arab claims that the IDF had bulldozed the mosque itself, which was used as a storage place for weapons and ammunitions.

If it's being used as an ammo dump, it's no longer protected. Granted, bombs and generalized killing things are an essential part of Islamic rites, but that doesn't give them the right to stockpile arms and then whine about "holy places".

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-11-03 18:39|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-03 18:39|| Front Page Top

#16 As the day passed, MSM media has shifted quite firmly to the side of the Pal view. Earlier, IIRC Yahoo news even was reporting the call to human shields and escape under burkha. That was this morning.
I note tonights version on Yahoo's "palestinian women help free gunman" article has a whole new tone.

Get this:

The women, many with ties to the Islamic militant group Hamas, left their homes after daybreak in response to appeals on the local Hamas radio station or telephone calls from friends and relatives. By nightfall, they were celebrated as heroes, an unusual role in a deeply conservative society that tends to keep women on the sidelines. Until Friday, battling Israeli troops had been men's business in Gaza.

How precious is that. The wimmims get to leave the house. To die. How very precious. What heroines.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-11-03 22:28|| 2006-11-03 22:28|| Front Page Top

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