Israele, dopo aver fatto strage di civili (almeno 9 i bambini morti) chiede "scusa"....

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IERI L'ESERCITO ISRAELIANO AVEVA DICHIARATO CHE AVREBBE LASCIATO ALCUNE CITTA' PALESTINESI SE CI FOSSERO STATE 24 ORE DI CALMA.
QUESTA NOTTE UN F16 ISRAELIANO HA DISTRUTTO L'EDIFICIO DOVE ABITAVA SALAH SHEDADA, UNO DEI LEADER DI HAMAS. LE 24 ORE DI CALMA DUNQUE SONO STATE INTERROTTE.... MA DAGLI STESSI ISRAELIANI, CHE DUNQUE OGGI NON HANNO LASCIATO NE BETLEMME NE HEBRON.
NEL POMERIGGIO HAARET'Z, QUOTIDIANO DI 'SINISTRA' ISRAELIANO, RIPORTA LA DICHIARAZIONE DELL'IDF (ESERCITO DI 'DIFESA' ISRAELIANO) IN CUI VENGONO PORTE LE 'SCUSE' PER LE PERDITE CIVILI.
LA COSA SCONVOLGENTE, SECONDO QUANTO RIPORTA L'HAARET'Z (VEDI ARTICOLO SOTTO) E' CHE L'ESERCITO ISRAELIANO SEMBRA AVERE PURE UNA GIUSTIFICAZIONE: QUANTO ACCADUTO PURTROPPO E' DOVUTO AL FATTO CHE I TERRORISTI USANO CIVILI COME SCUDI UMANI!!! IL FATTO CHE SALAH SHEDADA ABITASSE IN QUELL'EDIFICIO E DUNQUE NON STESSE USANDO NESSUNO COME SCUDO UMANO VIENE COMPLETAMENTE IGNORATO DALL'IDF, GRAZIE AD UNA SORTA DI UNANIME E TACITO CONSENSO INTERNAZIONALE SULLA LEGITTIMITA' DELLE LORO ESECUZIONI EXTRAGIUDIZIALI (GAZA, PERALTRO, NON E' ANCORA COMPLETAMENTE OCCUPATA, SENZA CONSIDERARE CHE NESSUNA CONVENZIONE INTERNAZIONALE PERMETTE DI UCCIDERE DEI SOSPETTI TERRORISTI).

LA NOTIZIA OGGI VENIVA RIPORTATA DALLA REPUBBLICA CON UN TITOLO CHE RECITA: Gaza, raid israeliano, ucciso capo di Hamas. DEI 15 MORTI SI PARLA SOLO NELLE DUE RIGHE DI COMMENTO AL TITOLO (http://www.repubblica.it/online/esteri/terrisei/gaza/gaza.html)
QUANDO LA SETTIMANA SCORSA 8 COLONI FURONO UCCISI IN UN ATTACCO PALESTINESE NEI PRESSI DELL'INSEDIAMENTO DI IMMANUEL REPUBBLICA TITOLO' PRESSOCHE IN QUESTA MANIERA: Israele, strage di civili.


IDF says regrets deaths of civilians in Gaza killing

By Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Correspondent and Agencies

The IDF Spokesman's Office released a statement Tuesday saying it grieved over the "killing of civilians in the assassination of Salah Shehada," the military chief of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Shehada was killed shortly after midnight Monday when an Israeli warplane blew up his house in Gaza, in what military sources called one of the most significant strikes against the Palestinian terror infrastructure since the start of the intifada 20 months ago.

"The IDF is sorry for any harm that befalls innocent people. Regretfully, this is what can happen when a terrorist uses civilians as a human shield and their homes for places of refuge," the statement said.

The statement added that Tuesday's operation was aimed only at Shehada, who "has been involved in terror for many years," and that there was no intention to hurt his family.

Shehada was the No. 1 man on the Israel Defense Force's wanted list in the last two years.

According to Shifa Hospital reports, at least 14 Palestinians were killed in the strike, including Shehada's wife and three children, and his bodyguard Zaher Nasser. Doctors said more than 100 people were wounded.

The hospital list of the dead included two babies, ages 18 and 2 months, five children aged 3-5, an 11-year-old and three adults. Palestinians said a ninth child and two more adults were among the dead.

Eye-witnesses said an F-16 warplane fired a missile that levelled five houses in a Gaza City neighborhood.

Israeli sources confirmed the airstrike in Gaza and the fact that Shehada had been killed. An early Hamas statement said that Sheheda was alive, but later the group confirmed the death of its military wing commander.

Sharon, Ben-Eliezer approved air strike on Monday
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer on Monday approved the air strike in which Shehada was killed.

A security source told Ha'aretz that cabinet members were familiar with Shehada's name and the media had publicized the fact that he was one of the individuals at the top of the IDF's wanted list. According to the source, the timing of the attack was determined by operational and intelligence constraints, and that attempts to hit Shehada had been put off several times, including in recent days, for fear of harming civilians.

Ben-Eliezer was in England Monday night when the possibility of targeting Shehada in an air strike was raised. Prior to his departure for Israel, his military secretary, Brigadier General Mike Herzog, informed him of the prospects of hitting Shehada, and noted that the chances of civilian casualties were slim. Ben-Eliezer approved the plan, and his agreement was passed on to Sharon. Sharon received a more detailed report from the IDF on the planned operation, and approved its implementation. The approval procedure was quick, so as to take advantage of the "operational opportunity."

Hamas vows to avenege Shehada's death
Hamas spokesman Ismail Haniyeh vowed Tuesday that the movement would "take revenge for the martyrs. All the Palestinian people will unify to take revenge for the blood of the martyrs," he told reporters at Shifa hospital.

"Anyone who dreams of so-called peace is mistaken. There is nothing called 'peace with Israel,'" the statement said.

A statement from the Palestinian Authority denounced the Israeli strike and called for international intervention to "stop these massacres." The statement charged that the aim was to "sabotage the international efforts to pressure the Israeli government to withdraw troops ... and to get back to negotiations."

Foreign ministry official Gideon Meir said the attack was a "strike against a known terrorist who is responsible for hundreds of attacks on Israeli civilians in recent years." He expressed regret for the loss of life. "To our great sorrow, in these operations, sometimes, and in military operations, civilians are also killed," he said.

Possible heir to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Shehada, 40, was the commander of Izz a-Din el-Kassam, the military wing of Hamas, and served as a close personal aide to the movement's spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. In addition to his extensive involvement in terror activity, he had gradually developed his reputation as a leader with religious authority and was seen as a possible future heir to Yassin.

Shehada's involvement in Hamas stretched back to the beginning of the first intifada, which erupted at the end of 1987, and he spent time in Israeli jails.

Shin Bet officials say he orchestrated the attack on a pre-army training course in the settlement of Atzmona in which five students were killed, and the infiltration into the "Africa" outpost near Kibbutz Kerem-Shalom in which four IDF soldiers were killed. He was also involved in the production of the "Kassam" rockets which have been fired at Gaza settlements and into Israel.

Shehada cooperated closely with two other men high on Israel's wanted list in the Strip - Mohammed Deif and Adnan el Roul. In recent months the security establishment received information that Shehada was making contact with Hamas members in the West Bank, despite the physical separation between the two areas, and that movement members in Nablus were receiving orders from him.

According to Shin Bet officials, Shehada was one of the movement's most extreme members and rejected any talk of limiting suicide attacks. He was in contact with Hamas officials abroad. According to military sources, he challenged Yassin's leadership on several occasions, and was considered more radical than the movement's spiritual leader.

Israel tried to kill Shehada on several occasions but he always managed to escape. Aware that the IDF was hunting him, Shehada spent long periods underground.

When the IDF was considering a major operation in Gaza in May earlier this year, Shehada's capture or elimination was considered a major objective.

Israeli military sources estimated Tuesday that Hamas would make "every effort" to hit back as quickly and as hard as possible in an attempt to exact revenge for Shehada's assassination.

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