Thursday, June 22, 2006

22-Jun-06: Swimming to Glory

Media coverage of inadvertent injuries and deaths of Gazan Arabs stemming from Israeli anti-terror action tends to overshadow other news reportage from the area these days. And especially reporting about the ongoing terror warfare against Israeli society - but there's little new in that sad state of affairs.

This morning, far from the headlines, two Arabs - possibly Palestinian Arabs, but no one knows at this stage - are spotted swimming off a southern Gaza beach. This is an area where Gaza meets Egyptian territory; swimming is strictly prohibited here for very clear security reasons. Sailors on an Israeli naval vessel observe that the Arabs are dragging sacks with them. The security forces have no need to be told of the long history of weapons of terrorism - the kind principally directed at Israeli civilians - entering Gaza this way. Warning shots are fired at the Arabs as they swim from the Egyptian side of Rafah towards Gaza and there are signs that at least one of them is hurt. The other evidently disposes of the sacks and escapes. This is followed by more directed fire.

There is a separate report from Palestinian sources in Gaza Strip that one of the two Palestinians described as having been shot while trying to smuggle weapons from Egypt to the Strip is in good condition in a Rafah hospital.

Still no report about the sacks or about the other Palestinian.

Parties interested in learning his identity are advised to check the PA's official list of 'Al-Aqsa martyrs' in coming days. That's where the government-sponsored Palestinian Authority website lists the names of its deceased heros, including our daughter's murderer. Scroll down to martyr/murderer number 601 to see how Palestinian society relates to its terrorist murderers when it thinks no one is looking.

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