74% of those killed in Gaza last week were terror operatives

According to a recent report published by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, 74% of the casualties from last week violence in Gaza were members of terrorist groups. 

Of the 23 killed,  eight  were members of Islamic Jihad operatives, five were Fatah operatives, two Hamas operatives and one was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group.

Innocent civilians killed in Gaza

690 rockets were launched at Israel last weekend from Gaza.  In response,  the IDF targeted terrorist infrastructure, including weapons caches and operations rooms., many of which were located in personal residences.  Before the houses were attacked the IDF warned their occupants so they could leave.

Among the Gaza dead included Mahmoud Subhi Issa, 26.

Fawzi Abd al-Hamid Bawadi, 24

Muhammad Abd al-Nabi Armaneh, 30

Hamed Ahmed Abd al-Khoudary, 34, was killed in a targeted attack on his vehicle.  Al-Khoudary was responsible for transferring currency from Iran to terrorist organizations within Gaza.

Hamed Ahmed Abd al-Khoudary before

Hamed Ahmed Abd al-Khoudary after

Sadly, several innocents were killed within Gaza, as well. Saba Abu ‘Arar, a 14 month old toddler was killed when a rocket stored in her family home prematurely exploded. 

While many on social media tried to pin  \her death on Israel

other sources within Gaza admitted  the truth

Our prayers go out to the families of Israel, who have spent 36 hours under bombardment. We pray for their safety and the safety of the Palestinians who are also the unwilling victims of their extremist leaders. Above all we hope for the day when the Palestinian leaders lay aside their hatred, end the incitement and glorification of violence and reach out for peace with their neighbors in Israel.

Jewish Voice for Peace honors Gaza terrorists

Extremist group Jewish Voice for Peace has created downloadable prints for the inevitable protests this week, bearing the names of those killed in Gaza.

May his memory be a blessing?   Really,  JVP? Really?

The Meir Amit center helpfully provides background information on JVP's "innocent civilians", 80% of whom  have been positively identified as members of terrorist organizations.

Again, Jewish Voice for Peace by opening honoring terrorists proves its own moral bankruptcy and its willing abandonment of truth and human decency.

Half of the "journalists" killed in Gaza are terror operatives

Its been widely claimed that 17 journalists had been killed by the IDF while reporting from  Gaza.
The list was suspect from the very beginning.  two names from the list,  Simone Camilli  and his translator Ali Abu Afesh were killed watching Gaza policemen attempting  to defuse unexploded ordnance.

1.    Hamid Abdullah Shehab – “Media 24″company.
2.    Najla Mahmoud Haj – media activist.
3     Khalid Hamad – the “Kontnao” Media Production company.
4.    Ziad Abdul Rahman Abu Hin – al-Ketab satellite channel.
5.    Ezzat Duheir – Prisoners Radio.
6.    Bahauddin Gharib – Palestine TV.
7.    Ahed Zaqqout – veteran sports journalist.
8.    Ryan Rami – Palestinian Media Network.
9.    Sameh Al-Arian – Al-Aqsa TV.
10.  Mohammed Daher – Editor in al-Resala paper.
11.  Abdullah Vhjan – sports journalist.
12.  journalist Khaled Hamada Mqat- Director of Saja news website.
13.  freelance journalist Shadi Hamdi Ayyad.
14.  photojournalist Mohammed Nur al-Din al-Dairi – works in the Palestinian Network.
15.  translater Ali Abu Afesh – Doha Center for Media.
16.  Italian journalist Simone Camilli – photographer in the Associated Press.
17. Abdullah fadel Murtaja.

Meticulous research from the Meir Amit  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center   found that eight out of the 17 names were Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives or  worked in Hamas media outlets, adding  “The Palestinian Journalists Union and the Gazan branch of the Information Office tried to hide the military-terrorist identity of the terror operatives, and present them as journalists"

Izzadin Al-Kassam operative Abdullah Murtaja appeared on the list of 17 "journalists" killed in Gaza this summer. Does he look like a journalist to you?

The Israeli Defense Forces achieved a 1:1 civilian to combatant ratio almost unprecedented in the history of  urban warfare.

For more information about the 17 journalists killed in Gaza

Examination of the Names of 17 Journalists and Media Personnel Whom the Palestinians Claim Were Killed in Operation Protective

Who Were the 'Journalists' Killed in the Gaza War?

Half of names of Gaza journalist casualties are terror operatives, or members of Hamas media

Iranian Support for palestinian terror organizations

From the Meir Amit Intelligence and Information Center

1.The military capabilities of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) were revealed in Operation Pillar of Defense. Those capabilities were the product of massive Iranian support constructed around an arsenal of many thousands of rockets, both standard and manufactured by the terrorist organizations themselves (using Iranian technical knowhow). They included medium-range Fajr-5 rockets (made in Iran) and M75s (manufactured in the Gaza Strip). The massive rocket fire targeting Israeli civilian population centers, including a number of rockets fired at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, was made possible by Iran's support for the terrorist organizations

2. Aid from Iran to Hamas and the PIJ in the years before operative arrived in the Gaza Strip overland, by air and by sea, facilitated by border-crossing networks of smugglers and merchants. The main route for smuggling arms was from Iran to Sudan and from Sudan to Egypt and into the Gaza Strip through the smuggling tunnels controlled by Hamas. The sea route was also used, as revealed on March 15, 2011 when the freighter Victoria was seized by the IDF. The ship was carrying arms bound for the Gaza Strip by way of Egypt, whose arrival would upgrade military capabilities of the terrorist organizations. Among the weapons on board the Victoria were C704 anti-ship missiles, which could be used to attack not only military and civilian vessels but also strategic targets in the southern Israeli cities of Ashdod and Ashqelon.

3. Until Operation Pillar of Defense, Iran and the terrorist organizations supported by it were careful, for security and political considerations, to keep secret Iran's military aid and the network smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip. A recent indication of the network and Iran's military support was the exposure of weapons stores in Sudan, which were attacked in October 2012. The media reported that the weapons were Iranian and were intended for terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip [Hamas and the PIJ].

4. Towards the end of Operation Pillar of Defense Iran decided to reveal that it had been giving military aid to the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. In our assessment, that was because of Iran's deep frustration with the way Egypt and other Muslim countries, such as Turkey and Qatar, had made political and propaganda capital from their support for Hamas during Operation Pillar of Defense. On the other hand, the role of Iran before Operation Pillar of Defense, that of providing the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip with most of their military hardware and support, was being overshadowed.

5. By exposing its military aid Iran hoped, in our assessment, to make political capital at the expense of countries like Egypt, Turkey and Qatar. In addition, the central role of Egypt in the understanding which led to the end of Operation Pillar of Defense caused Iran to fear that existing cracks in the so-called "resistance camp" might widen and the Muslim axis led by Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood might become stronger.

6. However, as a result Iran, the PIJ and Hezbollah initiated a media campaign showering praise on Iran's military, financial and technical support for the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip (See Appendix A). The campaign was joined by Hamas spokesmen, who alongside praise for Iran were careful to reiterate Hamas' independence and lack of dependence on Iran.

Please read the entire report here