Again HUMANE & Super- restrained Israel only attacks terrorists after warning to civilians to evacuate
Reader comment on item: Thoughts on the Israeli Incursion into Gaza
in response to reader comment: SELF RESTRAINT IS FATAL

Submitted by Free (El Salvador), Nov 27, 2006 at 14:14

Instead of the mass excitement in most of the mass media to attack Israel for daring to defend itself with that silly charge of "excessive force", you never hear one word of appreciation of the immense sacrifice in it's lives and it's security for the customery warning to non combatants to leave the area before operations, including often cases of alerting even the Hamas terror leaders' wives...

An Israel Air Force aircraft bombed two structures in the Gaza Strip late Wednesday after warning their occupants to evacuate the premises http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3328799,00.html (Nov, 15 2006)

More on this:

Cox & Forkum: Disproportionate Response http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000889.html

Restraint after suicide blast in Israel,The army said the fugitives had drawn pistols before they were shot. ... Israeli officials had said they would show restraint in military operations - World News - MSNBC.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6379588/

Israel's Humane Army - Israel Update http://www.aish.com/Israel/articles/Israels_Humane_Army.asp

Israel's restraint in case of an attack could harm its deterrent http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/sa/v1n2p1_n.html

The call-up came as Israel dropped leaflets on southern Lebanon warning residents to immediately evacuate an area approximately 32km (20 miles) wide http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5202142.stm

Israel warning to Lebanese civilians: get out http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=nation_world&id=4370345

Racist Islamo Arab Terrorist Leader Warns Only ARABS to Evacuate; Media Who Condemned Similar Non-Racist Warnings From Israel Say Nothing http://ginacobb.typepad.com/gina_cobb/2006/08/racist_terroris.html

Israel calls on northern Gaza residents to evacuate http://english.people.com.cn/200512/29/eng20051229_231469.html

http://www.israelnewsagency.com/palestinechildterrorismisrael88480521.html Israel Tears For Palestine Child
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0806/kay081006.php3?printer_friendly Jonathan Kay: How Israel fights --- What the media does NOT report, humane methods

Heroic Israel's restraint (Nov, 2006):

ISRAEL DID NOT RETALIATE (TO PALESTINIANS' ATTACK TWICE, AFTER REACHING A CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT), saying it wanted to give the truce a chance

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2680155

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