It’s Never Israel’s Fault: Two Gazan Children Are Dead and Their Story Goes Untold -
It’s not hard to imagine what would have happened had Hamas killed two Israeli children, brother and sister, with a Qassam.
Gideon Levy Mar 17, 2016
Haaretz.com
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She was 6, he was 10, blood siblings. Did they die in their sleep? Did they wake up right before the missile struck their home?
Did they hear the plane and take fright before they died, perhaps attempt to flee? Was there any place to go? What did they do before going to bed on their last night alive? Did they dream of anything on their last night? Did they have any dreams? Israa and Yassin, girl and boy, sister and brother, between Friday and Saturday in the Gaza Strip.
Between Friday and Saturday in the Gaza Strip, 2:30 A.M., long-suffering and bombardment-weary Beit Lahia woke up in terror to the ill-boding sounds of a plane. My friend M. told me his children jumped from their beds in fright.
Israel was avenging the firing of four Qassam rockets into Israel hours earlier. The rockets landed in open areas and caused no damage. Between Friday and Saturday in the Gaza Strip, Israel Air Force planes struck four targets, “Hamas terror installations.”
The plane flew over Beit Lahia, and the pilot released the bombs. The hits were good. The screen in the plane did not show Yassin, dead, nor Israa, dying.