Washington Post Justifies Israeli Killing of Palestinians

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ISREAL STEPS UP MILITARY ACTION IN GAZA STRIP

JERUSALEM, April 8 -- Two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed at least eight Palestinian gunmen, part of an intensifying military campaign designed to stop rocket fire into southern Israel.

The first strike came just after noon in northern Gaza, the most common launch site for the homemade rockets that have been landing in southern Israel on a near-daily basis for weeks. Witnesses said two members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of the Fatah movement, were killed.

Angry Arab Newservice points out that the headline makes this sound like Israel is in combat with the Palestinians, when actually Israel is bombing them from the air. The first para says 8 GUNMEN are killed. The second said TWO MEMBERS of Al-Aqsa brigade were killed. Did Washington Post go see whether the other six Palestinians who died were carrying "guns."

And what about the five-year old boy who was among several Palestinians killed in a bombing raid the night before. Was he carrying a squirt gun?