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| Israeli ambassador: Hamas was using Associated Press building to jam Iron Dome technology | |
| 2021-06-09 | |
| [FoxNews] Israeli Ambassador to the UN and US Gilad Erdan told the Associated Press on Monday that the Palestinian terror group Hamas was using its now destroyed Gaza building to obstruct the Iron Dome missile defense system, according to the Jerusalem Post and the Times of Israel. "That is why it was prioritized [as a target] by the IDF during last month’s operation,’" the Times of Israel reported about the meeting between Erdan and the AP's Gary Pruitt and Ian Phillips. Israel leveled the Gaza media tower, which had also housed Al Jazeera, in an air strike last month. The strike drew howls of outrage from the press, but some Middle East voices said the Israeli airstrike on the building would be justified by the explanation. "Entirely legitimate," international human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky said following the reports. "Hamas deliberately embeds itself among the press to shield its terrorism against Israel," the American Israel Public Affairs Committee tweeted. "Defeating terrorism is necessary for peace." "And the media is still complaining about the offices being destroyed," added conservative journalist Kassy Dillon. Pruitt said last month the wire service was "shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza." He also claimed that the AP didn't know Hamas was active in the building.
Erdan also mentioned an earlier reason given by the IDF for the strike, saying the tower housed offices for Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,’s military intelligence, its research and development department and a tech unit. In an accompanying statement, the military said its strike was aimed at destroying Hamas’s equipment. "According to IDF assessments, the equipment was in the building at the time of the strike. The strike was designed to collapse the building in order to ensure the destruction of the special means," the IDF said. "The target was of high military value to Hamas and was vetted according to rigorous procedures within the IDF, and in accordance with international law," the military added. The meeting with Erdan "was a positive and constructive conversation," the AP said in a statement. The agency expressed its appreciation for his pledges to help rebuild an AP bureau in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... . The AP renewed its call to see evidence backing Israel’s claim that Hamas was operating in the building. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Al-Press, or Associated Palestinians. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-06-09 14:44 |
| #3 I highly doubt the AP will be able to bully Israel around like they would do in the US. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-06-09 10:02 |
| #2 "We'd show you the evidence, but we done blowed it up. Feel free to root through the rubble, though." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-06-09 09:03 |
| #1 " The AP renewed its call to see evidence backing Israel’s claim that Hamas was operating in the building" Intelligence gathered from unnamed sources. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-06-09 08:26 |