LEAKED: Graphic, uncensored video shows carnage in Gaza
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Published: Sunday January 4, 2009
The following video contains material of a violent, graphic nature. Viewer discretion is advised.
As Israel's IDF wages it's own "media war" via Twitter and YouTube, uncensored footage from Palestine has been completely blacked out in the US.
Until now.
Saturday, before Israel launched a full-scale invasion of Gaza, a Palestinian with a camera witnessed a devastating bombing. His video shows the brutal, bloody results of an air strike on what appears to be a civilian area.
In the footage, scores of bodies -- men, women and children -- lay strewn about a Gaza market as abject chaos spirals around them. Some struggle to their feet, covered in concrete powder and blood, as others assess their injuries or join the effort to carry away wounded.
Within moments, men in camouflage holding automatic weapons and RPGs assert a growing number among the citizenry. The men, presumably affiliated with Hamas, appear to be helping with crowd control and medical response.
Details on the cameraman's identity were not forthcoming. Likewise, no casualty count for this particular attack is available.
"One Israeli soldier was killed and 32 wounded in the ground offensive, Israel said," reported Reuters on Sunday. "Four Israelis have been killed by the Hamas rocket strikes since December 27.
"Israeli officials said the offensive, whose stated aim is to wreck the militants' rocket-launching infrastructure, could last many days."
This video was first published by exiled Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah, on Jan 3, 2009. |
