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| Netanel Moshiashvili, 21, a staff sergeant in the Golani Brigade, was killed in the fire fight with the terrorist this morning |
A couple of hours later, there is a vehement 180 degree
reverse (according to Times
of Israel). A PIJ spokesman calling himself Abu Ahmed says it was not them
that did it. Nevertheless the mission that resulted in the killing of the
terrorist - a 23-year-old man from Abassan, east of Khan Younis in
the Gaza Strip - was “heroic”. The Maan newsagency, based in Bethlehem and
generally identified with the views of the Abbas/Fatah part of the Palestinian
Arabs, says this
morning's attack (that's the word they use, and with justice of course)
appears "to have been aimed at luring Israeli forces into the area in
an attempt to capture a soldier". There have been numerous such
attempts this year.
Whether or not we agree with Maan's line, its editors
avoid the silly fence-sitting games of a certain London-based global network
whose news
editors are saying right now that
"An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian have been killed during an
exchange of fire along the Gaza border."
An exchange - like the "exchanges"
that happened in London on July 7, 2005? Funny how, when the attack is on
British turf, the BBC's coverage is so much more factual, less
"spun".
Let's note also that the same British news agency is
explaining to its millions of listeners and readers that "it is not
uncommon for the Israeli army to open fire on Palestinians who approach the
fence". The notions that that this was a deliberate terrorist attack,
that Israel's border was breached, that the Palestinian Arab died on Israeli
soil - well, why spoil a perfectly nice news-like confection?
The fallen Israeli serviceman is Staff Sergeant Netanel Moshiashvili, 21,
from nearby Ashkelon. His funeral is taking place as we write these words.
Meanwhile there are urgent immediate warnings of incoming rockets affecting
almost all the communities of southern Israel.
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