Operation Pillar of Defense: What The Mainstream Media Probably Isn't Telling You

Wednesday November 14 2012, Israel assassinated the leader of Hamas in Gaza by hitting his car with a carefully targeted rocket strike. The video released of the attack shows that the Israelis waited until the car was in the middle of the street intersection away from any bystanders and other vehicles, then they blew it up, killing the leader of Hamas. This was the beginning of "Operation Pillar of Defense" by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). They targeted numerous weapons supply depots and caches as well as terrorist headquarters of Hamas over the next number of days. After assassinating the leader of Hamas, Israel dropped tons of pamphlets into Gaza warning civilians to stay indoors and that Israel was only targeting Hamas leaders and known terrorists.


The Background

Israel's Iron Dome defense system launches a counter-missile to destroy an incoming missile from Gaza before it can strike.

Since January 1 2012, Hamas has launched over 800 rockets and mortars into Israel from the Gaza Strip. In Israel, every home in southern Israel is built with a bunker, a safe room to hide and wait out rocket attacks from Gaza. Imagine that folks. Your house being required to have a bomb shelter in it. Your local Walmart and Burger King having bomb shelters built into them to protect employees and customers visiting the store or restaurant for the next time rockets or mortars are launched at your city from across the boarder. There are 365 days in a year. Hamas has launched 800 rockets and mortars from January 1 to November 14. That's an average of over 2 rocket attacks PER DAY! It often comes in waves. The most recent wave began Saturday November 10 (4 days before Israel assassinated Hamas' leader). Over a 100 rockets were launched from Gaza at Israel from November 10 to November 14. November 14, Israel struck back, killing Hamas' leader.

What would the United States do if Mexico or Canada launched even ONE rocket across the boarder into one of its cities? How about if Britain's military and government launched a couple mortars and rockets into France? Any nation living under such war conditions has a mandate to protect its people. Israel is one of the only countries in the world vilified and demonized for doing just that, despite doing it with unbelievable precise care to limit any and all civilian casualties. Hamas, on the other hand, purposely targets Israeli civilians.

Honest Reporting: Operation Pillar of Defense: What You Need To Know

The Blaze: The Truth About Civilian Casualties In Gaza


"Pallywood": Hamas Lies And Plays The Western Media

A video recording showing injured Palastinians being pulled from rubble in Gaza made the rounds on the mainstream news reports like The BBC and CNN shortly after Operation Pillar of Defense began. One popular video showed an apparently severely injured man in a beige jacket being carried out of a damaged building to be taken to an ambulance. Unnoticed by the mainstream media, however, was the fact that 2 minutes later, that exact same man can be seen walking around completely unharmed. The event was staged. The man wasn't hurt. But it would look good for the cameras pulling him and others from rubble, so that's just what the Palastinians did.

The Blaze: Gaza Man Caught Faking Injuries

Gaza man carried passed cameras apparently injured in an Israeli attack.

The same man, moments later, totally fine.

This is known as "Pallywood" in Israel. Palestinians faking injuries, deaths, and staging events for cameras to make Israel look bad. Similar stories in the past have surfaced of Palestinians loading and unloading the exact same ambulance with the exact same injured victims over and over again in the background of news reporters to make it look like dozens of people have been injured. Such staged events are quite common.

On top of this, Hamas and the Palestinians often use victims of their own terrorism to try and pin the tail on Israel and make Israel look bad. For days a picture of Palestinians carrying the dead body of a boy and weeping over him was shown on front pages of western news papers. But as it turns out, the boy did not die from an Israeli attack. The boy died when a Hamas rocket misfired and blew up without ever reaching Israel. That's right. The dead boy used to finger Israel as evil child killers was actually a victim of Hamas's own rockets, NOT Israels!

Warning: The news report below shows the picture that was making the rounds of Palestinians carrying the dead child.

HonestReporting: Gaza Child Killed By Hamas


Hamas: Brutal, Murderous, Uncivilized

New York Post: Hamas Executes Six "Spies"

Hamas in the last few days has executed 6 locals it believes were spies for Israel. Hamas broke into a van these 6 men were traveling in, pulled them from the vehicle, laid them down on the street, a mob of Palastinians surrounded the precedings, Hamas members shot the six men dead, then the surrounding Palastinians proceded to stomp and spit on the bleeding dead bodies of the local citizens accused of being spies. Then, to top it off, the Hamas thugs tied one of the corpses to his motorbike and rode down the street dragging the body through the city. What a lovely people.

Terrorist bomb blast injures 15 in Tel Aviv Israel.

Reuters: Tel Aviv Bus Hit By Bomb: Hamas Celebrates

A bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv Israel today, just hours before a cease fire agreement, injuring 15 Israeli civilians. The day before, Hamas threatened bombings and suicide attacks and after the attack said that this was only the beginning. Additionally, there have been reports of Hamas launching rockets from school grounds and a hospital in Gaza. They have absolutely no qualms about specifically targeting civilians and using their own children and sick as human shields.

The Blaze: Mother Goads Palestinian Girl To Push, Scream At IDF Soldiers

Palestinian girl taunts Israeli soldier.

Lucky boy! You get to show how tough you are next!

In another news report there's a video going around of a Palestinian mother and teenagers pushing children to harass and insult an Israeli soldier to try and goad him into pushing or shouting back. One girl practically loses her voice she's yelling so loud and so much at the soldier. "I spit in your face! Our soldiers are stronger than yours! I'll smash your head!" The mother and older teenagers push other children to harass the soldier too for the camera.


Ceasefire Called

Note that as of late November 21 (8 pm Israel time), despite a bomb having been set off on an Israeli bus in Tel Aviv mere hours before, Israel and Hamas signed a cease fire agreement. Neither side will launch anymore rockets or attacks at each other, for the time being. Now the world waits to see if it'll last.