Sounds like a pretty effective strategy to me

[LoboGunLeather]

News reports indicate that the Israeli military leaked or planted misinformation in various media to create the impression that ground forces were about to enter Gaza. The intent was to prompt Hamas and other terrorist forces to gather in a series of underground tunnels in order to be prepared to combat Israeli forces. Then Israeli planes proceeded to bomb the tunnel complexes and known defensive positions into dust.

Pretty smart, no matter how one might feel about the current (or ongoing) conflict in that part of the world.

Israel accused of tricking major news outlets into reporting a fake Gaza invasion to lure Hamas fighters into tunnels that were targeted for massive airstrikes

 

[Warren Sear]

That put a nice, warm smile on my face!!!

 

[scott1970]

Rough way to die. Don't be a terrorist.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Seems like a variation of our US armor burying 70 miles of occupied Iraqi trenches at the outbreak of Desert Storm. Like the Public Affairs officer, an Army Major said "What bodies?"

They have a unique way of dealing with the media as well ...

 

[ColbyBruce]

I am unsure who exactly is the "terrorist" in the Middle East or which group of folks has been wronged more by the other. I don't believe they will ever stop killing one another.

That said, "I am sure there are plenty of nice people on both sides."

 

[GB]

Those folks have been fighting each other for more than 5000 years. Even before religion was the key influencer. It is my belief that hate and prejudice are part of the human condition. Seems as if mankind has always looked for a reason to be "wronged" by his fellow man. And will find a reason, even if it is just in his own mind.

Saturday sermon over. Sorry bout that!

 

[Onomea]

I seem to recall a similar tactic employed by our military in Iraq prior to the battle for a city... Put out news of some sort of fake move, watch the enemy react to the news, and then attack once the enemy positions are clear.

I recall the news media complaining then, too, that they were being used.

(Well, duh! Who would have thought that might happen in today's day and age?)

 

[Retired W4]

Tunnels work both ways. You can hide, store and plan in them or you can die in them. The NVA did the di di mau out of the underground Cambot sanctuaries in 1970. Not so much in Laos/Lam Son 719.

 

[ladder13]

Well it was sort of quiet and somewhat peaceful in the ME for awhile.

 

[Puller]

I seem to recall a similar tactic employed by our military in Iraq prior to the battle for a city... Put out news of some sort of fake move, watch the enemy react to the news, and then attack once the enemy positions are clear.

I recall the news media complaining then, too, that they were being used.

(Well, duh! Who would have thought that might happen in today's day and age?)

Funny the media would complain . . . all they are is someone's tool.

 

[Doug627]

Golda Meir summed it up nicely:

"When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."

― Golda Meir, A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography

 

[LVSteve]

Funny the media would complain . . . all they are is someone's tool.

They're too easy to fool. In the rush to be first, they are always putting out information they haven't verified. In this case they forgot the golden rule when dealing with Israel. It's ALWAYS about Israeli lives. That agenda trumps everything else.

 

[lihpster]

They're too easy to fool. In the rush to be first, they are always putting out information they haven't verified. In this case they forgot the golden rule when dealing with Israel. It's ALWAYS about Israeli lives. That agenda trumps everything else.

As it should. Given Israel's history, and the fact that the whole neighborhood hates the "new" folks, I'm suprised when people are surprised by that.

 

[fiasconva]

When your level of hatred exceeds your level of common sense things like that happen, doesn't it, Hamas?

 

[Bugkiller99]

All is fair in love. And war.

 

[redlevel]

"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more ‎violence.
If the Jews put ‎down their weapons ‎today, there would be no more Israel."

Attributed to Netanyahu, maybe Golda Meir, or maybe a former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs.

 

[LDM]

HAMAS mounts rocket launchers on top of schools and hospitals. They want an inflated body count to try to gain international sympathy. They have no regard for the lives of their own people. They just want to create more martyrs for the cause.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Ya gotta love the Israelis.'Style points for taking out the AP building

 

[AJ]

Just using another tool in the tool box. Telling the media what you are going to do, then they report it and the other side reads it and prepares for it. Then hitting them somewhere else. Seems fair to me.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Just using another tool in the tool box. Telling the media what you are going to do, then they report it and the other side reads it and prepares for it. Then hitting them somewhere else. Seems fair to me.

The best definition of a "fair fight" I ever heard is that fair fights only occur when there was insufficient planning and preparation.

 

[AJ]

The best definition of a "fair fight" I ever heard is that fair fights only occur when there was insufficient planning and preparation.

Devious comes to mind. Always look for and edge. My Father taught me to look for the weak spot and hit it and hit it hard!

AJ

 

[merl67]

If someone brings a fight to you bv there is only one rule win...

 

[beaverislander]

I give them credit for protecting their borders...whatever it takes.

 

[LVSteve]

Ya gotta love the Israelis.'Style points for taking out the AP building

The way that building dropped was picture perfect. I've seen controlled demolitions on TV that made more mess.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Makes me think of the Midway "Radio out that Midway is having water problems" ruse that pretty much settled the war in the Pacific . . .

 

[Absalom]

The story about the trenches was largely put together by media observers. It's entirely possible that the sources are Israeli and the concept was real.

However, there is also the thing about the Israeli government needing some positive PR after being caught napping on the missiles.

The amount of ordnance Hamas has been able to launch from Gaza, sufficient to overload and overwhelm Iron Dome and cause serious damage and casualties in Israel, has been a huge embarrassment for Bibi, the Mossad and the IDF.

These missiles, most no doubt made in Iran by the godfathers of Hamas, weren't supposed to be getting in. It has been speculated that a primary purpose of the current dust-up on the part of Hamas is to demonstrate to the mullahs that their investment in terror is paying dividends, in keeping the area destabilized. That's certainly working out.

 

[Ματθιας]

Seems as if mankind has always looked for a reason to be "wronged" by his fellow man. And will find a reason, even if it is just in his own mind.

Saturday sermon over. Sorry bout that!

War is man. Man is war.
It's what we, as a species, do.
We are pretty good at it.

 

[Fishinfool]

R/E the "Iron Dome" missile system. Hamas has launched over 3000 rockets this past week, and only a handful have gotten thru. Seems to be pretty effective. I wouldn't want to think of the damage to Israel if all 3 thousand had gotten thru.

Its going to be a whole different ball game if Israel and Iran go at it.

Larry

 

[quikdraw67]

R/E the "Iron Dome" missile system. Hamas has launched over 3000 rockets this past week, and only a handful have gotten thru. Seems to be pretty effective. I wouldn't want to think of the damage to Israel if all 3 thousand had gotten thru.

Its going to be a whole different ball game if Israel and Iran go at it.

Larry

Yep.

If that's the case maps will read "The Radioactive Exclusion Zone of the Country Formerly Know as Iran".

 

[BC38]

"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more ‎violence.
If the Jews put ‎down their weapons ‎today, there would be no more Israel."

Attributed to Netanyahu, maybe Golda Meir, or maybe a former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs.

True. And if your kitchen table were the middle east, the Israelis have a territory the size of a matchbook. But the Arab nations that occupy and possess ALL the rest of the "table" will not be content until they also have that matchbook-sized piece of land and Israel is no more.
So is it really about that one little patch of desert? I don't think so...

As for the strategy of "using" the media to "set up" Hamas, well, at least somebody figured out a way for the MSM to be made useful for something. Its about time their false reporting did some good for a change.