“No one is looking at us or the extent of this disaster or the crimes that we are experiencing in Gaza,” he said. Still holding his microphone, he slid off his flak jacket marked with the word PRESS and unstrapped his helmet.

“These protection jackets and helmets don’t protect us,” he said, flinging the equipment to the ground. “Nothing protects journalists. … We lose our lives for no reason.”

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    I doubt Hamas was at this reporter’s house, which was singled out by Israel for an airstrike, which they then pretended to know nothing about.

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      You’re probably right, I’m just trying to get ahead of their typical excuse for collateral damage

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        It’s not even collateral damage is it? It’s the damage they intend to inflict, killing journalists who dare to show the world what Israel is doing.

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          Not just journalists, kill the journalist AND his entire family by waiting until he gets home and then bombing his house.

          Hamas look like angels compared to israel

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            I agree with the first part, not so much with the second. They’re both pretty nasty.

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      Just playing devil’s advocate, maybe it was hamas who bombed the house just to get sympathy. Hamas has shown that they don’t really care much about civilian casualties.

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        When you bomb 4000 children and have a “odd” recurring record of journalists dying as “collateral damage” then maybe the advocacy work could be put to better use elsewhere. Nobody has sympathy for Hamas here.