GAZA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Israel Defense Forces delayed assassinating Khaled Mansour several times on Saturday, after drone video showed images of children nearby.
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The IDF released a video on Twitter showing the aborted attacks against the senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander.
The military released several videos and social media posts showing the extreme lengths it goes to, in order to avoid civilian casualties. This challenge is made even more difficult because Palestinian terrorists routinely operate near civilian targets such as schools and hospitals, using their own citizens as human shields.
Over the last 3 days the IDF carried out precision strikes against Islamic Jihad.
Many were delayed or aborted to prevent civilian casualties.
WATCH as this strike against a senior Islamic Jihad commander was delayed last night because of children in the area: pic.twitter.com/ZnSTzGOdp4
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022
“Children were identified in the area so the attack was delayed several times,” a statement from the IDF said. “Later, when the kids were no longer in the area, the attack was successfully carried out.”
The video shows a view of Mansour’s home, with circles around children playing nearby
One official says, “I see kids running in the trees over there.” And a second responds, “Abort the mission.”
Watch what happened when the Israeli Air Force spotted a civilian next to an Islamic Jihad terrorist target in Gaza: pic.twitter.com/1noCdo1cH5
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022
The strike was delayed three separate times.
In addition, the Palestinians have murdered their own childen and blamed Israelis. On Saturday, a rocket hit a Palestinian home in a refugee camp, killing at least seven civilians, including four children.
Watch this failed rocket launch which killed children in Gaza.
This barrage of rockets was fired by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Gaza last night.
The rocket in the red circle misfired, killing Palestinian civilians—including children—in Jabaliya in northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/55zSU3fsRY
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022
Predictably, the mainstream media blamed the IDF. However the Israeli military quickly said it has video and radar evidence that proved the blast was caused by a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch. This is not uncommon, as it is widely known that the terrorists launch missiles from civilian neighborhoods, hoping to incite Israelis to retaliate into those areas and kill civilians.
these Israelis are “amazing”
So will the editorial board of the NY Times now love Israel?
when you are kind to the cruel, you are cruel to the kind.
do you think PIJ and Hamas care if their women, children or cows are killed? To die in the fight against infidels is by them a mitzvah. so if they don’t care, the IDF should kill them.
Pure stupidity. What a chilul Hashem
IMHO, Israel is being very stupid. It’s time to put an end to these attacks from Gaza, and the only way to do it is to respond with the same lack of precision they attack us with. If they would do it just once or twice (maybe a third time would be needed since these terrorists
don’t “get it” so quickly), kill many terrorists along with the civilians amongst which they hang out to stop Israel’s bombs, there will be a quick and decisive peace in the region. The media and all the monday-morning-quarterback nations will “condemn” Israel, but as long as the threat of Israel doing it again remains, there will be peace.
I doubt VIN will print this, since they are as cowardly as the IDF, but if you think about it, you know it’s the truth.
Paulin Will blame Israel