Terrorists killed an Israeli soldier on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. None of the wire services only the AP felt that this was worth a mention. And as I predicted, it was an EFP (bottom of the post). The Iranians are in Gaza, teaching terrorists the lessons learned in Iraq.
The soldiers’ jeep blew up when it rolled over an explosively formed penetrator next to Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, on the Israeli side of the border. The explosives were apparently activated from Palestinian territory.
The slain soldier was sitting in the passenger seat of the jeep at the time of the attack, while the driver was seriously hurt.
Two other soldiers, who were sitting in the backseat of the jeep, sustained minor wounds.
Here’s how the AP spins it:
Palestinian militants ambushed an Israeli army jeep patrolling the Gaza border, then attacked a rescue crew that rushed to the scene, killing one soldier and wounding three in a brazen cross-border attack, according to military and witness accounts.
The attack raised the possibility of a fresh round of violence in Gaza, just two days after Israel ended an offensive that killed more than 120 Palestinians. Senior Israeli military officers held an emergency meeting to plot a response, officials said.
Palestinian witnesses said a large explosion tore through the jeep, which was on the Israeli side of the border fence near the Kissufim crossing into central Gaza, and set it on fire.
Several other army vehicles, along with an army helicopter, arrived to rescue the wounded, but came under fire, the witnesses said.
That’s right. An Israeli soldier was killed on the Israeli side of the Gaza border, and it raised the possibility of “a fresh round of violence.” Just like it’s two kids having a fight or something, instead of constant acts of war by Hamas and affiliated terrorists.
When do you suppose Israel says enough is enough and acts against the Iranian proxy war? Hezbullah has been rearmed with thousands more rockets, smuggled through Syria.
And when do you suppose the media are going to recognize the Iranian hand in all of this?
Hopefully sooner than later. It’s time that Israel gave up trying to convince the world, the media, the liberals, the antisemitic Europeans, et al that they’re right and the terrorists are wrong. If terrorists were firing rockets into U.S. cities we’d wake up to the reality in a hurry. Since it’s in Israel, people ignore it and spin it to make the Israelis look bad and the Palestinians look like victims.
Iran will never stop influencing terrorism in Israel, Iraq or abroad until they are stopped. This will not happen of their own accord, as the mullahs are too powerful and the Iranian government too corrupt.
Even better, apparently it’s not violence when Arabs do something…whatever they do, any Israeli reaction is the violence or threat therof.