Israel says the Palestinians died from Hamas intentionally bombing Gaza, with 875 rockets landing.

[Abu Mezur]

According to Israel 875 rockets were fired by Hamas and hit Gaza. Furthermore some of the 875 were intentionally aimed at Gaza, in an an apparent effort to get civilians killed for Public Relations gains.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/world/middleeast/israel-says-hamas-is-hurt-significantly.html?ref=world

[Ken Burch]

1. As Seinfeld would say...

"Really?....Really?..."

[leftynyc]

2. Would you really put it past hamas

to kill Gazans? Really?

[Ken Burch]

6. would you really put it past Likud

to make this up?

I hate Hamas...but I don't think they'd be quite THAT insane

All Gazan deaths in the Gaza bombing were inflicted by the IDF. Face it.

[sabbat hunter]

7. oh I think that

Hamas's leaders are that stupid and insane. A cowardly bunch as well. They will do anything to try to make Israel look bad, even if it meant bombing their own people, who they care little about.

[Ken Burch]

8. Hamas and Likud are morally equivalent now.

And it's despicable to make an assertion like the Israeli official made there in the absence of ANY evidence, let alone proof, of such a claim.

58 seconds is not warning enough to get to safety, btw. It should have been five minutes, maybe ten, if the bombings were necessary at all.

[leftynyc]

9. I do too

They've already proved that over and over again taking all the aid money meant to improve the life of Palestinians and using it for weapons and building tunnels. I blame every single death on the actions of hamas. I think anyone who doesn't think they're capable of killing their own ignores reality to suit their needs.

[MFM008]

3. garbage

This is the same crap the bosnian serbs said about the bosnian muslims.... just pure propaganda.

[sabbat hunter]

5. the article does

cite evidence, or at least claims of evidence seen by officials.

[leftynyc]

10. I think the support hamas

finds here on DU - comparing Israeli's to nazis and to terrorist organizations - to be an embarrassment and a detriment to Democrats. I know it's inconvenient to have to admit terrorists are the government of Gazans but that's the reality.

[stranger81]

11. The mendacity here is apparently boundless.

This is propaganda of truly Orwellian proportions.

[Mao Shung]

12. evidence vs. presumption

The poster above cites “face it” as his proof. The last poster cites “mendacity” as his proof.
This debate should be about the evidence with citations, not about which side is the quickest to presume he is right. The article in the first post is at least some evidence. Beyond that article, no further evidence has been cited.