Report: Misfired Hamas test rocket hits Palestininan fishing boat, killing three
The propagandists at the Palestine Information Network claimed it was Israeli shelling, something not even Hamas is claiming.
I’m not sure this qualifies as a “work accident” since the terrorists handing and firing the rocket were not the ones killed, but it does illustrate the phenomenon of Hamas mishandling its own explosive devices.
AP via ABC News reports:
Three Palestinian fishermen were killed Sunday after a blast ripped through their boat off the Gaza shore, officials said, in what appeared to be an explosion caused by a misfired rocket launched by the ruling Hamas militant group.
Nezar Ayyash, a spokesman for the local fisherman’s association, said the men — two brothers and a cousin — were working off the coast of the southern town of Khan Younis when the explosion happened.
The cause of the blast wasn’t immediately clear, but there were growing indications that it was the result of a misfired rocket. Hamas, which has fought three wars with Israel, is believed to possess thousands of rockets.
Minutes before the explosion, local media reported that Hamas was test-firing rockets toward the sea.
Hamas, which is usually quick to cast blame on Israel, instead said it was launching an investigation. And relatives of the fishermen posted a statement on Facebook describing them as “the martyrs of living who were killed when a local mortar shell hit their boat.”
Rami al-Laham, who runs the family Facebook page, said the post was published before the investigation was launched.
“For now, it’s mystery and nobody knows how” they were killed, he said. However, four hours after the investigation was announced, he said no one from Hamas or the government had contacted the family.
The propagandists at Palestine Information Network claimed it was Israeli shelling, something not even Hamas is claiming:
Iranian PressTV is spreading the fake news citing that same source:
Haaretz reports:
Three fishermen were killed on Sunday when their boat exploded off the Gaza Strip, a blast that a human rights group said was likely caused by errant Palestinian rocket fire, refuting earlier reports of Israeli fire.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said the boat was two miles offshore when the shell hit and “completely destroyed it.”
“The center condemns the incident, which indications suggest mostly likely occurred as a result of resistance training,” said the statement, referring to Palestinian militant groups….
The Israeli military said in response to reports earlier on Sunday by Palestinian media that “the Israeli navy did not fire” at the Strip, and said “our indications show that their deaths were caused by an explosion inside Gaza.”
The Interior Ministry in Gaza, which is run by the Islamist group Hamas, said it was investigating the incident.
Hamas’ armed wing said it opened an investigation into the “painful incident” and would publish the results as soon as possible.
From our archives of Palestinian Work Accidents:
- Senior Hamas terrorist Imad al-Alami *accidentally* shoots himself in the head
- Hamas explosives chief accidentally blows himself up
- Palestinian rocket commander ‘accidentally’ blows himself up
- Hamas terrorist killed when attack tunnel collapses on him
- Gaza: Two PFLP terrorists killed when rocket they were firing exploded prematurely
- Hamas Bomb Expert Blows Himself Up
- Hamas Commander killed at Gaza border when ‘hand grenade’ exploded prematurely
- Hamas member killed in “accidental explosion during preparation and training”
- Hamas tunnel engineer “working on a tunnel underneath his home when it collapsed and killed him”
- Reports: “Work Accident” blows up home of senior terrorist in southern Gaza
- Gaza: Four Palestinian Islamic Jihad Terrorists Accidentally Blow Themselves Up
- Explosives Stored In Gaza Terrorist’s Apartment Accidentally Detonate, Destroying Building and Injuring Dozens
[Featured Image: Rocket fired by Hamas from civilian area of Gaza, May 4, 2019]
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“Ope, that’s going to leave a mark”
I LOVE these “Feel Good” Stories of the Day
Why are a bunch of Arab terrorists allowed to call themselves Philistines and occupy Israel?
Because Jordan didn’t want such wretched scum in their country.
It is not just Jordan who doesn’t want them. None of the other Middle Eastern countries want them. We should keep that in mind. They are dumb and psychic.
I’m surprised this sort of thing doesn’t happen more often in Gaza.
These men were just trying earn a living. They’re dead and I doubt their family will get the ‘martyr’s pension’…
Is there any proof that these three fisherman’s attitudes were any different than their fellows? I would be really surprised if that was the case.
Sounds like they caught a big one!
John Kerry amd obama may as well been behind the rocket launcher.
Such mishegoss even the Three Stooges or Gilligan would scoff in disbelief at their ineptitude. At least they were smart enough to blow themselves up away from innocent civilians. That last thing they would certainly want was fo others to get hurt.
I hear that Blew Origin is hiring…
Personally, I blame Trump. I hope Pelosi adds the deaths of these innocent fishermen to the charges in his next impeachment.
The notion of Pals killing Pals accidentally in “work accidents” is symbolic of everything the Pals have done and do since the beginning of time.
Palestinian Lives Matter. Seems applicable since 90% of blacks are killed by other blacks. Nowadays there seems to be a consistent pattern where “victim classes” cause themselves more harm than that from the alleged oppressors. I guess it goes back to “having a resentment is like drinking poison and hoping that the other person dies.”
I bet that 9% who are killed by people of other races have it coming. That was the case for Thugvon and Brown.
and yet palestinians/hamas are outraged that israel views these weapons as a legitimate threat–the missiles are a threat to ALL innocents, regardless of political/ethnic background–whether “accidents” such as this or deliberate attacks from hamas
So some Islamist news source blames Israel for some other Islamist idiots killing Palestinians? We have heard this story so many times that it got old with the 10,837th telling. The feel-good stories are the ones when some terrorist bombmakers blow the crap out of themselves. Let’s hear more of the latter.