fonz.net weblog

"While Israel installs warning systems and builds shelters, Hamas refuses to do so, precisely because it wants to maximize the number of Palestinian civilians inadvertently killed by Israel's military actions. Hamas knows from experience that even a small number of innocent Palestinian civilians killed inadvertently will result in bitter condemnation of Israel by many in the international community.

Israel understands this as well. It goes to enormous lengths to reduce the number of civilian casualties — even to the point of foregoing legitimate targets that are too close to civilians."

Whether you like their posts on twitter or not, Israel's government has apparently gone web 2.0. In this video they show an explosives cache in someone's bathroom in Gaza. Did anyone expect countries to start bypassing the media with their conflicts and producing their own coverage direct to the public?