Janhoo's Blog

Following courageous reporting by Patrick Martin of The Globe and Mail, it has now been established that the UN school in Gaza was not bombed after all. Read more about his findings at Honest Reporting.

I am glad to see that the tabloid VG is covering the story, though they are not very willing to admit their error. The title simply reads "Israeli grenades killed 40 civilians outside of school, not inside".

While it is natural to question what 40 civilians were doing walking around outside the school perimeters, the big question is why the UN has not previously made public that the school was not shelled. For example, the UNRWA's operations director in Gaza condemned the attack and suggested Israel knew it was targeting a UN school simply because Israel had the GPS coordinates of all UN facilities in the area.

In other boring stories today, UPDF peacekeepers in Somalia have been accused of shooting and killing up to 40 civilians. Luckily we do not need to care as that is taking place in Africa. Also, Sri Lanka is continuing to shell hospitals and civilians, but Norwegian socialists (including madmen Mads Gilbert & Erik Fosse + disgraced diplomat Trine Lilleng) do not need to play outraged, but can sit back and relax as no Jews are involved.

Labels: false, gaza, israel, reporting, school, shelling, UN