by IDF Blog
Hamas hides its actions from the world by
threatening journalists, pressuring civilians over social media, and
disguising its fighters in civilian clothing.
Despite the large number of international journalists
reporting from Gaza during Operation Protective Edge, images of Hamas
terrorists have scarcely appeared in Western media outlets. This is
primarily because Hamas threatens journalists who don’t tell the story
the way Hamas wants it to be told.
In addition, Hamas terrorists are often difficult to
identify because they wear civilian clothing. By doing so, Hamas
terrorists are not only trying to avoid being targeted by the IDF, but
the are also causing international organizations to incorrectly label
the death of many terrorists as civilians. It should come as no surprise
that Hamas has ordered Gaza’s social media users not to post images of terrorists online and to refer to all terrorists killed in IDF strikes as “innocent civilians.”
Hamas Facebook message to Palestinians asking them to hide information about terrorist casualties.
Hamas knows that it benefits in the international arena
from images of civilian casualties in Gaza. It is for this reason that
Hamas embeds its military infrastructure in, and fires rockets from, residential areas and civilian structures.
Hamas knows that if it can make terrorists killed by Israel appear to
be civilians, then it will gain points in the media war and win sympathy
abroad.
They would simply shoot us and kill us
Filmmaker Michael Grynszpan wrote on Facebook
that a Spanish journalist had given him a straightforward explanation
as to why images of Hamas terrorists were not appearing in the media.
“It’s very simple. We did see Hamas people there, launching rockets.
They were close to our hotel, but if ever we dared pointing our camera
on them, they would simply shoot at us and kill us.”
IDF Blog
Source: http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/07/invisible-face-hamas/
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