All that blabber does not refute my premise.RE: Palestinians Massing At The Israeli Border
⁜→ P F Tinmore, Hollie, et al,
Yes, yes, yes, There are many such stories published about the 6 HAMAS fighters working in the tunnels. It can be viewed in perspective that:
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams said:GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Six Palestinian militants were killed on Monday when Israel blew up what it said was a tunnel being dug across the Gaza Strip border.
A source for the Islamic Jihad militant group said Arafat Abu Marshould, head of the faction’s armed wing in central Gaza, was killed along with a senior associate and two other gunmen. The group said it had put its fighters on “full alert.”
Newsweek Magazine said:In the 2014 war, the tunnels became Hamas’s most powerful weapon. Hamas and other militants fired 4,800 rockets into Israel, according to the U.N., but Israel’s sophisticated Iron Dome anti-missile system succeeded in shooting down most rockets fired from Gaza before they could land in civilian towns and cities. Tunnels were harder to combat.
SOURCE: HAMAS Is Tunneling its Way Into Israel, Again By Yardena Schwartz On 3/8/16
Palestinian militants from the Al-Quds Brigades squat in a tunnel during military training in the
southern Gaza Strip in March 2015. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty(COMMENT)I am not going to sit here all day bringing you up to speed on all of the news you seem to have missed over the years. Here is just one example that started Cast Lied.
The CNN News Spot Report is somewhat skewed.
I don't think anyone who looks at the facts can conclude that the "work-in-progress" on the "penetration tunnel into Israel" was not → in itself → a hostile act. Who shoots first is often taken to naive and extreme lengths. If you are attempting to breach the border of Israel (on the ground, above the ground, or below the ground) it is an attack (whether it is fast moving or slowed to a snail pace). An attack is an attack. It is not necessary that a determination be made as to who fired the "first shot" in such cases. What is important is that the naive listener to such Spot Reporting understand that an underground attack in progress - and by tunnel - is still an attack.
And the nonsense that Israel controls the complete blockade of the Gaza Strip or the West Bank (including Jerusalem) is a bit misrepresented when you take notice that Egypt and Jordan (both) offer an alternative route in and out of those territories. But! Eqypt and Jordan (both) decline that option. One can only wonder why that is...
Most Respectfully,
R
Israel has a long habit of shooting anyone it wants and destroying anything it wants during ceasefires.
Nonsense. Your "premise" self refutes. You are desperate to excuse hostile acts by islamic terrorists such as burrowing underground in preparation for further acts of war. You presume an entitlement to acts of war without consequence and the Israelis have plans in place to dismantle your entitlement.
So, you still have offered nothing to support your earlier statement.