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sally - اثن, 2008-03-03 13:17 By salamander
Another day passes by, I wake up, drink my cup of coffee, have my shower, get dressed, go to work. In another continent; another country, somewhere far away from home, scores of people are being killed. Children are assassinated in cold blood and there is nothing for someone so powerless like me to do. In the past few days over a 100 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces. Israel is defending itself, they tell me. But can someone explain to me how a 14 years old girl could have threatened the life of Israelis? Or was it Salsabeel Abu Jalhoum, the 21 months infant, that was the threat? There is nothing for me to do to stop the killings; the irrational murder of people on a daily basis all over the world. One can preach for peace but what voice can be heard over the roars of bomb shells and gunshot and screams of pain?

sally - اثن, 2007-07-30 15:31 By salamander
Soldier left behind in Gaza Over an hour after completing military operation in Strip, Golani troops realize one soldier missing, only to be found in Palestinian territory due to faulty headcount

Hanan Greenberg
Published: 07.29.07, 12:23 / Israel News

An Israeli soldier was left behind by his Golani comrades in Gaza this weekend after the brigade completed an operation in the Strip. The soldier was found over an hour later, exhausted and frightened, some 700 meters within Palestinian territory.

"The incident could have ended in a kidnapping. There is a chain of intolerable mistakes here," a military source told Ynet on Sunday.

Following the incident, Commander of the Gaza division Brigadier-General Moshe Tamir ordered an initial investigation.

The report showed that the soldier had fallen asleep on the mission, and the headcount which was carried out a few times was faulty, since other soldiers eager to return to the base answered in the name of the missing soldier, leading the troops to believe all were present.

Only an hour after returning to Israel did the troops realize their comrade was missing. At first the soldiers searched for the missing man in the base, thinking that he had fallen asleep.