When is a dead Gazan child – allegedly killed by those heartless subhumans of the Israeli Defenses Force (IDF) – not a dead Gazan child?
Here is your answer, via Robert Spencer’s article for pjmedia.com. Please pay special attention to the section I have put in bold print:
It was one of the most horrific stories of the entire Israel-Hamas conflict, or any conflict. Back in late May, a retired Green Beret named Anthony Aguilar, who had been working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), claimed that he witnessed an incident of such shocking heartlessness and inhumanity that it seemed destined to be remembered as one of the most cruel war crimes in the entire history of the world. There was just one catch: it has now been definitively established that not a word of it was true.
Aguilar said that while he was working with the GHF, he saw a young Gazan boy, whom he called Amir, approach in hopes of obtaining some food, and was given a bag of lentils. Amir was so overjoyed at this that he kissed Aguilar’s hand in joy and gratitude. This touching moment was captured in photos, as is so often the case these days, and Amir went on his way with everyone feeling happy. Aguilar’s happiness, however, was shattered soon after, when Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers began firing on aid recipients, and shot down young Amir in cold blood. Aguilar was featured on news outlets worldwide, and told the BBC, “I’ve never seen such brutality.”
And that was true: he never did, because as it turns out, his whole story about Amir being gunned down was a fabrication. Amir, whose real name is Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, has reappeared in a TV interview, very much alive and not wounded. Fox News reported Thursday that he “has been found alive and was hiding out with his mother.” Why was he hiding out? Because if he had appeared, Hamas would likely have killed him, so as to preserve the story that Aguilar spread worldwide. The propaganda had to be preserved. Eventually, however, he was found anyway, and now the cat cannot be put back into the bag.
Fox journalists conducted an exclusive interview with the boy who goes by the name “Abboud,” and his mother, and noted “the pair appeared excited ahead of their planned extraction from the Gaza Strip. Abboud and his mother, whose name is Najlaa, were safely extracted from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, though the location has not been disclosed in this reporting for their protection.” Abboud observed placidly: “Outside the Gaza Strip is nice.” You can say that again, brother.
Amid the countless stories telling us that Israel – which warns residents (thus hamas) before hitting targets with a lot of civilians (which it has to do because that is where hamas plants its fighters and weapons, thus using those civilians as human shields) – is wantonly killing as many Gazans as they can…
…how many major news venues do you think have reported the fact that this killing was a complete, total fraud?
Google his name and see if you can something about it in a major newspaper or network news show. You’ll find there are precious few.
This, of course, means that most of the people who initially read about/viewed TV coverage of the “death” of Amir still “know” the IDF shot him dead. A propaganda gift to every Israel hater/Jew hater.
This is what Israel deals with every day.
