HAMAS IS GUILTY: 4 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN KILLED

The boys were cousins -- playing, as they had many times before, at a beach by the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean when the shelling started. The first shell struck a fisherman's hut on a jetty by the beach where the boys' game had taken them. As a plume of smoke rose from the blast, several of the boys dashed across the sand, seeking cover. But they couldn't outrun the second shell, which whizzed in and exploded right by them. The attack on the Gaza City beach killed four boys, aged between 9 and 11, from the extended Bakr family. Their names were Ismail, Zakaria, Ahed and Mohamed. The Israeli military said the case is being carefully investigated and that preliminary results indicate the intended target of the strike was "Hamas terrorist operatives." It described the civilian deaths as "a tragic outcome." Killings of the young also played a prominent role in setting off the confrontation. Tensions in the region soared when the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers were found in the West Bank on June 30. Two days later, a Palestinian teen was abducted and burned alive in an apparent revenge attack in Jerusalem. PS.- This is NOT s reason why…not even an excuse, but these children are victims of Hamas. as is was Hamas who started this war. They were killed by an Israeli shell answering to the rockets that Hamas has been firing upon the people of Israel who are just defending themselves from this continuing aggression. What parent in his/her right mind would let his/her children go out to the beach when they well know that a war is going on and their area is being heavily bombarded?