Palestinians killed in Gaza blast (Unbelievably funny; Hamas bomb explodes during their own rally!)

BBC ^ | 09/23/2005 | BBC

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At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and scores injured in a blast during a parade by the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.

A truck carrying gunmen and home-made weapons blew up during the rally in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Israel has denied involvement, while the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction said it held Hamas responsible.

It is the deadliest incident in Gaza since Israel pulled its troops and settlers out earlier this month.

Hours earlier, Palestinians fired rockets into Israel from Gaza after Israel killed three militants in a raid in the West Bank town of Tulkarm.

The rockets did not cause any casualties.

People in pieces

Palestinian witnesses said a crowd, including many children, swarmed round the truck moments before the explosion.

Video filmed during the rally showed a large cloud of white smoke rising into the sky, as hundreds of people ran from the scene of the blast.

The pictures also showed several badly injured bodies on the ground.

An unnamed witness was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying "I was thrown several metres, then I looked behind and I saw people dismembered and lying on the ground dead."

The Associated Press news agency quoted another man, who gave his name as Hussam, as saying he helped pull three men out of the truck, two dead and one alive but with a severed leg.

Hamas accused Israel of causing the blast and vowed revenge.

However Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction said it held Hamas "fully responsible for the victims of the military parade [that was held] among civilians".

Israel has denied any involvement in the blast.

Earlier, Islamic jihad militants fired a volley of rockets into Israel in what they said was retaliation after Israel killed three militants in Tulkarm.

Israel said the militants were killed after opening fire on troops who were trying to arrest them.

The BBC's James Reynolds in Jerusalem says the latest incidents are a sign of high tension in the Gaza Strip even after the Israeli withdrawal.

[Lorianne]

Sad that innocents and children died and were maimed.

Darwin Award for the Hamas people who died.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

There will only be peace once the so-called Palestinians decide that they love their children more than they hate the Jews.

True. But they might need a change of religion for that to happen.

[Decepticon]

I guess that was a fairly cetain way to stop the cycle of adults teaching their kids to become monsters.

Sigh. I'm afraid the only options are getting very close to "mine or theirs".....PC only goes so far, and these people literally have no idea the level of destruction that can be delivered upon then if the gloves ever come off. Pray for us all....

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Had to look that up in the dictionary:
schadenfreude \SHAHD-n-froy-duh\, noun: A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.

Sounds wicked but I am thrilled to see Hamas blowing up their own for a change. I have seen enough of Islamic terror firsthand to know what it feels like to be a victim of the RoP. Let them suffer....

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Yeah...I noticed that. In fact, I was surprised that they did not blame this on Israel too using words like "alleged," etc..

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Yeah...I noticed that. In fact, I was surprised that they did not blame this on Israel too using words like "alleged," etc..

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Thought you might be interested in this Darwin Award self-nomination from Hamas.

[Major_Risktaker]

Just think, these idiots are about to get nukes from Iran someday. Rally then big batta boom!

[Dustbunny]

You know... I know this is going to offend people, but about the little kids.... those kids were already brainwashed to hate. In 5 or 6 years, they'd be ready to strap on a bomb and do it themselves.

You beat me to it, I was going to post the exact same thing. It is unfortunate but true.

[KDD]

LOL!!

[M203M4]

The only thing that could have made this better would have been a bigger bomb.

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Freeper Major_Risktaker has a better idea. See post #48 on this thread.

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From People's Daily:

At least 19 Palestinians were killed and 85 injured when an explosive-packed car blew up during a rally organized by the militant group Hamas on Friday in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian interior ministry said.

Thousands of Hamas activists and supporters took part in an armed parade to celebrate the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last week after 38 years of military occupation.

Ismael Haneya, a senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, told the crowds who were waving Hamas green flags that the Palestinians should continue their armed struggle in order to force Israel out of the rest of the occupied territories.

As soon as Haneya finished his speech, a convoy of cars and jeeps carrying Hamas militants started marching through the chanting crowds, and then a huge explosion suddenly occurred.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Hamas accused Israel of causing the blast and vowed revenge.

[clintonh8r]

They blow themselves up by accident and then blame the Jews. Are Pallies the world's most pathetic people?

[VeniVidiVici]

There will only be peace once the so-called Palestinians decide that they love their children more than they hate the Jews.

Very well put.

Unfortunately, Ham-Ass will make sure that will never happen.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

"...Hamas accused Israel of causing the blast and vowed revenge..."

mmmmm, Isn't that the same tactic that the DemocRATS use on President Bush...mmmmmmmmm

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Don't know about pathetic...for sure, they are wicked.

[LumberHack]

I hate to say it, but the reason I didn't give food during Haloween after 9/11 for the Afghani kids is because I figured that the less of their kids grow up, the less chance of them growing up to kill my kid. The whole thing is insane. That religion or "death cult" is going to ruin the world.

[Berosus]

Nah, I'd give a Darwin Award to the two Palestinians who tried to mug a suicide bomber last year, while he was on a mission. Instead the bomber detonated his explosives, killing all three of them. I don't know if any of them qualified for the 72 virgins.

As for the incident in the parade, after hearing about the Palestinians destroying synagogues and even greenhouses in the areas vacated by the Israelis, I needed a story with a happy ending. Thanks, everyone.