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Merc
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Merc asked in TravelAfrica & Middle EastIsrael · 9 years ago

Are people aware the Palestinians use anti-personnel munition?

Some anti-Israel people here claim the Palestinians don't target civilians with their rockets but shoot "at random". Others also add that these rockets are just "fireworks". A Palestinian official even claimed "these rockets do not have explosive heads".[1]

There's a little problem with this "humane rockets" story: the rocket warheads used by the Palestinians contain not just explosives. It's what called an "anti-personnel" munition: it contains many small metal fragments that are released with the explosion and are SPECIFICALLY INTENDED to maximize the harm to humans.

These fragments are effectively small sharp bullets --bearing high kinetic energy by the explosion-- and can penetrate human tissue easily.

Here are some pictures of Israeli houses damaged by rockets:

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tinyurl.com/cxy9npn

You can clearly see the effect of the fragments on the walls.

The Palestinians use metal fragments in their "usual" man-delivered bombs as well. The recent bomb in the Tel Aviv bus (21-November) too contained metal fragments (such improvised bombs usually contain nails, screws, etc. More professional bombs (as in their rockets) contains metal balls, sharp arrows, chopped steel pieces, etc. BTW, in the pictures you see the fragments concentrated in a disc shape: professional warheads are designed to spread them perpendicular to the rocket body in order to make them more lethal: that's where people are likely to be found.)

The Palestinians could use warheads without fragments (or remove them), but they choose not to. In the past Hamas used rockets without these fragments in order to increase the rockets range (by decreasing their weight), but now with their ever improving rockets they don't have to.

[1] youtube.com/watch?v=jSUSoPrICqQ (seek to position 00:52; Unfortunately she was not corrected by the anchor.)

Update:

@DMT blurted: "Palestinians use these to target Israeli soldiers like the one they killed on the border"

No, these rockets aren't used, and can't be used, to target soldiers on the border. Rockets have (near) ballistic trajectories and aren't suitable for short ranges. For "soldiers on the border" one uses weapon that's aimed in straight line (or mortar).

@DMT blurted: "All rockets and missiles are aimed at Israeli military based only"

Have you ever watched the news? Or are you inventing your reality yourself?

@DMT blurted: "Israel places it's army bases next to cities"

Gosh, I feel as if I was dropped into "Alice in Wonderland on Acid".

@DMT blurted: "Hamas only shoots rockets from open areas"

Hamas never shoots from open areas. There are plenty of proofs:

tinyurl.com/bqkwmff

youtube.com/watch?v=8LGubwghyEw

youtube.com/watch?v=k1f-7Tg4QBw

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Yes, a key component of Palestinian rockets is shrapnel designed to maximize impaling of civilian Israeli children & women & men targeted.

    I personally witnessed the metal bits embedded in building sides, & fencing. One spot was at the corner of the kindergarten where a bomb landed. The scarred building behind it were several other bombs landed.

    Near that school an 11-year old boy lost his arm as he clung to the building pillar when a bomb landed because he didn't get to a shelter in time. The school was yet another of the many miracles. The teacher decided not to follow her usual routine, and had taken the children inside the school building only minutes before the bomb sirens & it's landing. Other escapes were the endless runs to shelters multiple times a day by all the civilians.

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    "The rockets don't have explosive warheads" comment, was in the context that in this war on Israel -- several rockets aimed at Jerusalem were depleted of their warheads in order to -test- how far into Israeli civilian area they could get. Even that Pali official wasn't thinking Israelis hadn't noticed the shrapnel that causes MOST of the injuries of bombs landing. ... from the metal flying that can penetrate concrete buildings & human flesh.

    It's why there's a special squad of the Israeli Red Cross (Magen David) who's job is scrapping off bits of people from sidewalks & buildings... so life can go on, in spite of the morbidity of their Pali neighboring peoples.

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    Hamas takes picture of it's bombing launches. Often it blurs out it's urban scenery. There are enough pictures with clear images of Gaza urban areas to be concrete proof. However, no one local has any questions -- the Palestinians themselves talk about Hamas tunnels under their businesses, and missiles launched from their backyards.

    Only anti-Israelis who don't care about Palestinians or Israelis, and have zero idea what's really happening -- try to pretend Hamas doesn't do this.

    @DMT

    Pick up a Palestinian anti-Israeli paper --- and find all the articles BY PALESTINIANS that contradict your claims. Ex: Hamas PURPOSELY fires during specific morning & afternoon hours, because that's when Israeli children's school buses run... according to Hamas.

    Israel is a free society where if the army bases were placed among civilians, the politicians would lose their jobs. In other words, stop projecting your experiences with Hamas's militant gang-style rule onto the Israeli democracy.

    http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4298615,... (video taken by Hamas of their urban location)

    http://www.palwatch.org/

  • 4 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    The Palestinians are a mythological nation descended from criminals kicked out of other Arab countries.

    Israel has a God given right to defend itself against the Palestinian terrorists.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Yes, because Israel is so bloody innocent.

    White phosphorus bombs? Oh yes, it certainly is necessary!

    KILL ALL THE KIDS!

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Palestinians have the audacity to use their babies as human shields. Do they not respect life?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I wasn't aware of it, but I'm not surprised. I suppose they use whatever they can obtain.

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