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Boastful tweets make Israel look trigger happy

15 Nov 10:00am

Filed under: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, Social Media, Twitter, War

YouTube has issued a warning on the video posted by Israeli Defence Force following their strike on the Gaza Strip last night that killed the leader of Hamas, Ahmed Jabari:

This man doesn't look like he's got much to celebrate. Photo: AP

“The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as being potentially offensive or inappropriate. Viewer discretion is advised.”

The link was posted as part of a tweet from the Israeli Defence Force spokesperson account a few hours ago, accompanied by this message: In case you missed it - VIDEO - IDF Pinpoint Strike on Ahmed Jabari, Head of #Hamas

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Monopole says:

06:58pm | 15/11/12

If Hamas stopped firing rockets into Israel, the IDF would not attack Gaza. The IDF does not attack Gaza willy nilly or for fun but are merely responding to the continuing rain of Hamas rockets. The rockets have to stop.(Firing rockets from civilian areas is a war crime too). On… Read more »
AdamC says:

06:51pm | 15/11/12

“Lets see if you want to get sprayed with [white phosphorus] and see how good it feels? such a stupid statement.” I didn’t claim it wasn’t harmful, Simon. I claimed it had legitimate military uses, like guns and tanks, etc. You seem to be doing an excellent job of missing… Read more »

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