Givati Brigade Commander speaks out, following the death of two girls at Bet-lahiya,
"We would not kill a Palestinian child trying to harm soldiers".


The reality is that armed Palestinians grab children by the neck, and run with them. They catch kids, by grabbing their school bags, and then run with them. It's no secret that the armed terrorists use children as a shield," said Givati Brigade commander, Colonel Eyal Eisenberg, described the fighting in Bet-lahiya in the Gaza Strip yesterday.

The statement came after Palestinians reported two Bet-lahiya girls killed by IDF tank fire and tear gas yesterday. Armored units of the Givati Brigade entered the town on Tuesday morning for a broad-based operation against Kassam rocket launchers.

"For us the situation is clear. We will not kill any child trying to harm an IDF soldier", Eisenberg told Maariv. "We will not hurt any child, because that would delegitimize our struggle in the area.

"Our forces were out by the afternoon, while the event itself was reported in the evening", said Eisenberg, responding to the dispatches about the death of the two girls. "Most of the forces were out of the area, but a unit of the Northern Brigade did stay on, so I cannot comment on that. In any event, until we left the area at 1 PM, no problematic incidents were registered”.

An IDF source, commented on the Palestinian report, "No unusual events were reported as the last unit left Bet-lahiya. We know nothing about incidents involving firing at children. At the same time, we cannot rule out the possibility of IDF involvement indicated in the Palestinian report". At divisional headquarters in Gaza an enquiry is underway to check the accuracy of the reports.

"Our message is loud and clear", Colonel Eisenberg summed up IDF activity in the strip. "If quiet is not maintained, we will go back there and they will have to face the consequences. I think that our message was very clear".


http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=6426
(2004-04-23 13:02:14.0)

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interesting article thanks for your contribution. as for your signature, as you know I am trying to attract a diverse group of people from all over the World to this forum. hopefully, many arabs will come as well as israelis, orientals, europeans,etc. if I get any complaints about that signature, I hope you will remove it if asked as I am sure you also support the idea of a diverse and large group of members. also be advised, jack is trying to add hebrew as a language in the language interface module of the website per your request.

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I had removed it although i don't think it was offensive(it is funny).
Yassin is not Mother Teresa, it is a man that called and endorsed terror attacks, and i just want to express how happy i am that this ugly is not with us anymore.

i heard a case last year whle the Israeli army was alleged to be using civilians as human shields... well, both sides are wrong. i dont see who is right although i lean to the palestinian side becasue Israel have opressed them for so long...


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dan I agree with you politically on a great many issues but I cannot allow my personal feelings to interfere with issues of fairness. I am trying to attract members with this new website and I am heavily recruiting in the middle east in the near future. I don't want signature issues to go out of control as they have in that other forum.

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