Israel defends massacre
Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht, speaking to CNN, confirmed the Israeli strike on Jabalia refugee camp, claiming without any proof that Israel was targeting a senior Hamas commander.
Hecht defended the civilian massacre at the site, stunning host Wolf Blitzer.
“But you know that there are a lot of refugees, a lot of innocent civilians — men, women, and children — in that refugee camp as well, right?” Blitzer asked Hecht.
“This is the tragedy of war, Wolf. We as you know, we’ve been saying for days, move south. Civilians who are not involved with Hamas, please move south,” Hecht replied.
Jabalia houses families of refugees from wars with Israel dating back to 1948. It is home to 116,000 people in an area covering 1.4 square kilometres (little more than half a square mile) — about the size of London’s Hyde…
