Islamic Jihad militant killed by IDF shell near Gaza border

...he was a militant. The IDF only kills militants. And with a tank, no less! Killing flies (oops - I mean militants) with a sledge hammer, n'est pas?

These guys appear to have actually been fighter unlike the unfortunate 91-year-old shepherd Ibrahim Abdullah Abu Said and his grandson that the IDF killed last month. They also killed forty of his goats.

scum terrorist on a "Jihadist Mission" gets to taste high explosives... looks like he gets his virgins! By the way people, you claim he is a farmer, is that why he is a member of Islamic Jihad?

Couldn't they simply shoot them? Shells must be expensive.

taking! Everyone in Gaza knows the lines that they should not cross. Israel rightfully feels threatened and of course she can make mistakes. On several occassions Israel has simply warned people to leave, fired warning shots and not shot those entering into the forbidden zone. On this occassion, they shot because it was clear that this was no inadvertant intrudsion. Its the Pal authorities, Islamic Jihad and the Red Cross that indicate that the person killed was a Jihadist on a "mission". I suspect that those criticising Israel for "assuming every farmer is a terrorist" know how to read and have either ignored what they read and simply spouted their anti-Israeli propoganda. Fine, pee into the wind if you like!

"Earlier on Wednesday, a Palestinian worker was shot while collecting construction scrap near the Erez crossing in northern Gaza, medics also said.In a separate incident, witnesses said an Israeli tank shell hit a house in Beit Hanoun,.."

I read the Israeli newspapers daily and pray that there will be no reports such as this but unfortunately this rogue state of Israel commits acts (murder) like this almost on a daily basis. Are there no Israeli's with memories of the persecution of jews who will stand up to this facist parliament that approves of this daily slaughter? If anyone believes that Islamic Jihad said these men were on a mission for them, they must believe in Santa Clause!

What's next? ghettos? How can our leaders condone such an obvious discrimination?

A second person nearby was wounded, they said. Islamic Jihad said the man was killed was on a "Jihadist mission", an attack aimed at Israel.

An Israel Defense Forces tank shell killed a Palestinian militant from the Islamic Jihad movement in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday near the Israeli border, Palestinian medical workers said

felt threatened enough to fire a shell at a lone Palestinian fence approacher. What was it... 105/120mm anti-personnel (flechette) round? I do hope that tank crew have recovered from that frightening experience.