girlactionfigure: The IDF bombed several empty Hamas-connected structures at two locations in the Ga
girlactionfigure: The IDF bombed several empty Hamas-connected structures at two locations in the Gaza Strip overnight. The airstrike came in reaction to some 25 airborne terror attacks via burning and booby-trapped balloons meant to torch, and possibly main and kill, Israeli targets. For those who are only aware of the balloon part of the IED - improvised explosive device, and not the payload; we’re talking real, deadly munitions here - and not even “improvised” for quite some time now - and not firecrackers or “M-80s.“ On Monday, one such IED detonated directly over a crowded playground in an Israeli Gaza envelope community, terrifying parents and children, who, expecting more such devices, fled for cover. While there were no reports of physical injury, the psychological trauma of barrages of such devices is acute and cumulative; for 20 years thousands of Israeli children have grown up under such a deadly threat.Remember: EVERY single such balloon is, explicitly, a double, Geneva Convention-level war crime: lofting explosives out of civilian areas in Gaza on the westerly winds, indiscriminately, towards Israeli civilian areas with the express intent to terrorize, maim, and kill.The IDF’s vaunted Iron Dome system can’t destroy such small objects, although the army is developing alternatives, including small drones, and laser systems, to minimize the persistent threat. Please share these images so more will understand that it’s not about the IDF "disproportionately” bombing Gazan targets in response to “mere” Mickey Mouse party balloons.Hamas is counting on the western media not to publish these attacks, since they’re figuratively and literally, “under the radar;” let’s make sure they’re not… TIA.Dave BenderLife on the border with Gaza - things people may not know (but should) -- source link