Earlier this week the mainstream media (msm) were all widely reporting that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) had shelled a U.N. School in Gaza where civilians were seeking shelter from the fighting. The msm cried out against this breach of the "etiquette of warfare" and demanded answers from the Israeli government.
As it turned out, Hamas terrorists had fired mortar shells at the IDF forces from within the U.N. compund and the IDF responded with their own mortar fire, killing several Hamas terrorists operating the mortar but unfortunately, killing and wounding several civilians as well.
Thus far, I can find no documentation of the msm demanding answers from the Hamas government of Gaza as to why their people had purposely endangered civilians by setting up an offensive fighting position within the U.N. school or why the staff at the school allowed them to do it.
The IDF have, by all accounts, gone out of their way to avoid civilian causalities in this engagement with Hamas in Gaza but you would be hard pressed to know it by simply viewing the msm reports of this fighting.
The above video, and several others, were posted by the IDF to, of all places, "youtube" showing how the IDF has actually diverted missile strikes already in progress to avoid killing or injuring civilians.
The question then comes to mind as to why the IDF feels it is necessary to post these type videos on you tube?
The answer is simple. Because the mainstream media will not broadcast them!
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