Israeli military forces launched a pre-dawn raid against the Palestinian city of Hebron today, aiming to re-arrest a number of Hamas members that had been released the day before. In the course of breaking into one of the homes, Israeli troops opened fire on a sleeping elderly man who was not one of the targets of the raid, killing him.
The Israeli military said they “regret” the killing of 65-year-old Amr Qawasme, but that the raids to rearrest the Hamas members were vital. Qawasme’s wife, who was also in the home at the time, was briefly captured and held at gunpoint by the troops, but was not arrested.
Both Fatah and Hamas condemned Qawasme’s killing, but both also appeared to steer the blame primarily toward their rival, with Hamas claiming Fatah was cooperating in the raid.
Qawasme’s funeral was held later in the day in the West Bank, and was attended by an estimated 4,000 people. In a sign of just how much his death angered Palestinians, protests were also reported in the Gaza Strip.
If they were on a mission to 're-arrest' some folks, why did they go in the room, guns blazing, killing the man as he slept? An arrest, one would think, implies oh little things like ARRESTING someone- not shooting them out of hand? The man was sleeping- not posing any threat whatsoever- so there should have been no cause to open fire, period.
Typical Israeli heavy-handedness with no regard for human life- but oh if it were reversed and PA police did this to a Jewish person, the hue and cry and calls for people's heads that would shake the heavens. That, and probably an immediate round of air strikes on random targets.
I wait with bated breath to hear how Israel spins this- and what they will do for the family of the murdered man.
Will john, they apologized and that's a big change.
Things are looking up, who knows maybe next time
They will get a search warrant or to be truthful, a death
Warrant, didn't you know that the IDF have a license
To kill issued by yours truly the US government.
Rearrest the released? I don't get it. Does this mean that the liberation of Palestinian prisoners is a sham? That the criminal Israeli soldiers assassinate people loke this does not surprise me. But who is to blame for this besides the soldiers? Obvioulsy their commanders. But above them, the politicians who stand at the apex and justify this system have direct blame. However, who elected these people? The Isareli public. They are the ones to blame in the last instance. Still we haven't exhausted those guilty for these and other criminal actions, for who supports Israel? The US. Both American politicians and the American public are the enablers of this monstrosity.
done in order to raise national pride. watch them swagger now
This is sickening. Everything that comes out of that stinking hole is sickening.