June 22, 2006
TWO MORE FOR THE TIE:
Why Gaza attacks are deadlier: The Israeli army is facing an internal investigation into why recent missile strikes have gone so badly. (Ilene R. Prusher, 6/23/06, The Christian Science Monitor)
After three botched military strikes in Gaza in just over a week, in which 13 Palestinian civilians were killed, the Israeli army is facing an internal investigation into why guided missile strikes that in the past have been called "targeted," "efficient," and even "surgical" have gone so badly, fueling the fires of resentment and sparking international calls for restraint. [...]Fifteen Israelis have been killed in rocket attacks from Gaza in the past five years, according to army figures, and more than 175 rockets of different kinds have been launched by Palestinians into Israel in the past month.
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Israeli PM apologizes for air strike deaths (JAMAL HALABY, 6/22/06, ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized Thursday for the deaths of Palestinian civilians in recent Israeli army air strikes after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at an informal breakfast in Jordan.Posted by Orrin Judd at June 22, 2006 9:51 PMSome 13 Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past week, including two people in a Gaza house on Wednesday and three children in Gaza on Tuesday.
Olmert said he felt "deep regret for the death of innocent Palestinians."
"It is against our policy and I am very, very sorry," he added.
- I suspect the Palestinians have gotten better at putting civilians in the way. After, practice makes perfect.
- 175 rockets in the last month. Gosh, think what it would be like if Hamas wasn't so constrained by being the governing party!
AOG: The best part is Olmert's implication that while it IS Hamas' policy to indiscriminately kill civilians, it isn't Israel's.
Posted by: Bartman at June 23, 2006 10:33 AM