Despite
Criticism of Israel, Hamas TV Station is a Legitimate Target
by IPT News • Nov 14, 2018 at
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Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza fired over 460 missiles and rockets targeting communities in
southern Israel Monday and Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at
least 108 others.
Israel's military responded with coordinated strikes targeting roughly
160 terrorist sites, including the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV and radio stations.
An Egyptian-mediated temporary ceasefire appears to be in effect.
Israel's critics, including journalist Glenn Greenwald, lambasted Israel for destroying Hamas
media outlets during the latest escalation of violence.
Greenwald says that the Israelis are "not even pretending this was
accidental; they admit they were targeted."
Updated Nov. 15: Telegraph journalist Raf Sanchez toured Gaza
Thursday, describing a witnesses's account of the bombing.
Enemy media and communications infrastructure can be justifiable targets
in an armed conflict.
For example, an International Criminal Tribunal committee, created to
review NATO's bombing campaign in the former Yugoslavia, argued that if media stations are used to incite
crimes, then they can be a legitimate target for military action.
Al-Aqsa is Hamas' main media outlet which – like other Palestinian institutions – offers programs
specifically geared to recruiting children to embrace terrorism and become
suicide bombers to attack innocent Israeli civilians.
The stations also help Hamas communicate with its fighters.
"The [Al-Aqsa TV] station broadcasts violent propaganda against the
State of Israel and its citizens, as well as operational messaging to
militants, which include methods for carrying out attacks against civilians
and soldiers and way to obtain weapons," the Israeli military said.
Israel similarly targeted Hizballah's Al-Manar TV station during the
2006 war in Lebanon.
In 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department designated Al-Aqsa Television because it is controlled
and funded by Hamas – a designated terrorist organization.
"Treasury will not distinguish between a business financed and
controlled by a terrorist group, such as Al-Aqsa Television, and the
terrorist group itself," Stuart Levey, former Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said in 2010.
To limit casualties, the IDF used roof-knocking techniques to warn
people inside the Al-Aqsa TV station, allowing all of the personnel inside
to evacuate.
"Israeli planes fired three missile alerts, before F16 planes
targeted with at least three missiles the al-Quds TV headquarters,
destroying it completely... No injuries were reported," reported WAFA,
the official Palestinian Authority news agency, on Monday, according to
Palestinian Media Watch.
Click here to watch the last moments from Al-Aqsa TV's final
broadcast before Israel destroyed the building.
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