BF2S Forums War in Gaza Official Thread

m3thod wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Those are neither. Keep looking.

What the hell is that? At least link us to where you found the photo.

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Dilbert_X wrote:

Method wrote:

Trying correcting.

I would guess it's white phosphrous to light up the bad gaiz, like their butt buddies used in Falluja.

Strange that its happening in daylight huh?

Maybe the weapons experts here can tell us what they are, and why they are being used in civilian areas.

Last edited by m3thod (2009-01-04 18:01:22)

TheAussieReaper wrote:

Do you think that after this "war", Israel will promote another Democratic election to allow the Palestinians to elect another Government other than Hamas?

Not that it will be able to do much, with all the government buildings destroyed.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2009-01-04 18:31:21)

ATG wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

To be fair this is a pretty legitimate military response to a barrage of rockets following a ceasefire Hamas wouldn't extend.

CameronPoe wrote:

I certainly will be wholeheartedly cheering the death of each and every single IDF soldier soon to be announced. Fuck you Israel, this 60 year rape must come to an end. You can't use Hamas as an excuse for not righting your wrongs.

wtf Cam.

you are flipping and flopping like a fish outta water. I got that move trademarked on these forums.

The fall of the internal security service headquarters in southern Gaza City marked a significant triumph for Hamas, whose members were rounded up and tortured by the service's officers during a crackdown on the movement in the late 1990s.

Hamas declared the compound would now be known as the Heresy Compound and the surrounding neighbourhood, known as Tel al Hawa, or Hill of the Air, would be renamed the Hill of Islam.

Among the Hamas hardliners now believed to be driving the offensive are ex-interior minister Said Siam and ex-foreign minister Mahmoud al Zahar, both of whom are believed to have been tortured by Fatah-run security forces.

Hamas said it had "executed" a top Fatah "collaborator" and issued a death list of other supporters of Mr Abbas. The White House accused them of "acts of terror".

Masked Islamist militants kneeled to the ground and kissed the pavement. A victorious gunman stood on the roof hoisting a green Hamas flag into the air and firing his Kalashnikov rifle jubilantly skyward.

A kilometre away, meanwhile, along Gaza City's beachfront, Mr Abbas' presidential guard were awaiting a final assault on one of the last Fatah-controlled bastions in the Gaza Strip.

Pickup trucks whipped through the neighbourhood distributing wooden crates filled with bullets to bleary eyed fighters. Massive metal roadblocks were dragged into position sealing off the neighbourhood around Mr Abbas' compound from vehicle traffic. Civilians still living in the area were packing their families into cars and fleeing.

"There is no surrender for us now. There is only a fight to the death," said Fatah special forces fighter Abu Hassan, 30, who is unlikely to ever see his two year old daughter or seven month old son again.

"After Hamas take control there will be no place for us in Gaza," added Mr Hassan.

FEOS wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

If it is white phos its criminal to be using it in Gaza.

It does look like WP, which is what I was getting at before. However, it's not at all criminal if it's used in the manner it is being used (and was used in Fallujah): as a smoke initiator, a target marker, or illuminator.

If WP shells were being shot into Gaza directly (as opposed to bursting hundreds of feet overhead), then it would certainly violate international law. They aren't, so it doesn't.