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January 13, 2009 at 17:57:45

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Hamas Using Children in Support Roles in Gaza

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Gaza Update 12
Jan. 13, 2009
Palestinian Media Watch
 
Hamas using children in combat support roles

A child in Gaza describes how he and other children are being used in combat support roles for Hamas fighters. According to the Palestinian child, children are being used as scouts to follow Israeli movements, and as couriers to supply ammunition and deliver information to the Hamas fighters. 

The following is the description of the children's combat support roles, quoted in an Israeli Arab weekly:

"[The newspaper] Kul Al-Arab called many Gaza Strip residents, to comprehend the situation of the people who are suffering for two weeks from the wild Israeli aggression...

Khaled, from A-Rimal [in Gaza], said: 'We the children, in small groups and in civilian clothes, are fulfilling missions of support for the [Hamas] Resistance  fighters, by transmitting messages about the movements of the enemy forces, or by bringing them ammunition and food. We ourselves are not aware of the movements of the Resistance fighters. We see them in one place, they suddenly disappear, and then reappear somewhere else. They are like ghosts, it is very hard to find them or hurt them.'"
[Kul-Al-Arab (Israeli Arab weekly), January 9, 2009]

 

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by William Whitten (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4880 comments [1686 recommended, 28 rejected]) on Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:52:34 PM

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I second what "Elsie" said.

You rock lady.  With lebanon stepping in as they have, soon I would think Syria and Iran will jump into the mess. After all, Arabs have just as much right to the "holy land" (more like hole--ee land) as the Israeli government fascists do.

When will America wake up and start reading and not be zombies to MSM? When will Americans QUESTION EVERYTHING?

What a slaughter the Gazans are enduring (chemical burning, DIME).

 "Obama will be tested" the officals all sang. Damn right WE will. After all, supporting Israel's killing of 1000 Palestinians verses their 25 deaths, will bring blowback to us most certainly. It's us American citizens that will be tested. Not Obama. He has underground quarters to hide in.

by shirley reese (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 592 comments [98 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:01:21 PM

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