"It's important to bear in mind that in Operation Cast Lead [the last Israeli ground offensive in December 2008-January 2009], Hamas and Gaza-based organisations claimed that only 50 combatants were killed, admitting years later the number was between 600-700, a figure nearly identical to the figure claimed by the IDF."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28688179
also from
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/how-many-civilians-have-been-killed-in-gaza
For example, it took almost two years after the last major Hamas-Israel military confrontation, in December 2008-January 2009, for Hamas interior minister Fathi Hamad to acknowledge that around half of the approximately 1,200-1,400 Palestinian fatalities in that conflict were combatants. That was completely contrary to earlier Hamas reports and international media claims. Similarly, in the wake of that conflict and Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, the initial civilian fatality counts from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) were later discredited or even withdrawn, as described in a May 6, 2009, New Republic article by Simona Weinglass.
In the latest round of combat, Hamas information officials gave explicit instructions to call every casualty an "innocent civilian," regardless of the facts. On July 17, the Hamas Interior Ministry posted a video with the following instructions: "Anyone killed or martyred is to be called a civilian from Gaza or Palestine, before we talk about his status in jihad or his military rank. Don't forget to always add 'innocent civilian' or 'innocent citizen' in your description of those killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza"
sorry fundy - you better start accepting that hamas is a problem for the people of gaza. egypt, a neighbouring muslim country does not want to have anything to do with them.
the rebirth of the roman circus is in the new islamic calipahte - not israel
watso can understand fundy, that you might be upset , as pointed out by another poster, that modern israel has only executed two people - even though you pointed out that death for apostasy was mentioned in the talmud.
saudia arabia, where Muslims go for their pilgrimage to mecca , has the roman circus at chop chop square with public beheadings - from wikipedia
Deera Square (sometimes transliterated Dira Square; Arabic: ساحة الصفاة) is a public space in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in which public executions (usually by beheading) take place. It is sometimes known as Justice Square or Chop Chop Square.[1][2][3]
After Friday prayers, police and other officials clear the area to make way for the execution to take place. After the beheading of the condemned, the head is stitched to the body[citation needed] and the body is wrapped up for the final rites and taken away.
how cool - go to friday prayers, and on the way out, drop by chop chop square for a bit of beheading entertainment . saudi arabia is off to a flying start in 2015 for the beheading circus
http://shoebat.com/2015/01/15/video-woman-gets-beheaded-middle-street-right-public-view/
The gruesome footage shows Saudi authorities publicly beheading the woman in the holy city of Mecca earlier this week. The execution is the tenth to be carried out in country in the last two weeks; setting 2015 up to be even more bloody than last year, when 87 people were punitively killed by the state.
The video shows the woman, a Burmese resident named as Lalia Bint Abdul Muttablib Basim, screaming while being dragged along the street. Four police officers then hold the woman down before a sword-wielding man slices her head then taking three blows to complete the act. The exceutioner is then found doing his usual habit in every execution: busy wiping his sword to prevent the rusting process of the blade.
Then the ambulance comes with a loud speaker that shouts out “this is the interior ministry” continuing verses from the Quran: “The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement, Except those who repent before you have them in your power; so know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
In the chilling recording, Basim, who was found guilty in a Saudi Sharia court of sexually abusing and murdering her seven-year-old step-daughter and is heard protesting her innocence until the very end.
Saudi Arabia bases its legal system on Sharia and when it comes to the death penalty it can be given for armed robbery, drug-related offences, sorcery, adultery, murder, rape and apostasy from Islam.
Beheading is widely seen in the country as the most humane means of executing but death by stoning, crucifixion, and death by firing squad is also carried out in the holiest city in Islam.
give it a rest fundy, it is obvious that you hate the west, hate israel, and love the religion of peace, love and tolerance.
when you go to mecca, drop into chop chop square after prayers for a bit of entertainment - after all, that is a country practicing sharia.
personally, watso would rather visit israel - at least israel is civilized.
what a joke - gaza needs money to reconstruct - but the rich muslim countries cannot be bothered to support their brothers . israel needs money, and fellow jews all over the world open their purses .
israel seems to coexist with jordan and egypt - two muslim countries that seem to have given up on the idea of wiping israel off the face of the earth - but the stated aim of hamas is to get rid of israel .
if dopey hamas want to wage war on israel, and israel fights back - then that is the risk that hamas takes.
oh - but hamas are not getting any support from their muslim mates in egypt - is that a message for you fundy????
seriously fundy, watso should have you on ignore, just like watso has the other apologists, but you are good value - damn good value. the more that watso reads your posts, the more polarized that watso becomes, and the more supportive of israel that watso becomes
