Israel hides real death toll in Gaza war: Al-Aqsa Brigades
Israeli soldiers (file photo)
Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:48AM GMT
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The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement, says Tel Aviv is misinforming Israeli people about the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the latest Israeli onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Addressing Israeli people in a video message, an anonymous spokesman of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "lying" to the Israeli people.
Netanyahu "hides the number of soldiers injured and killed in the battle," he added.
The spokesman said the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades "challenges Israel to reveal the fate of their engineering officer, Sani Tomen Yaron, holder of military number 7599999."
The anonymous spokesman went on to say that the Israeli soldier has “fallen” in unspecified clashes after an ambush by al-Aqsa fighters in Beit Hanoun.
The spokesman also condemned Netanyahu’s "crimes" against Palestinian “children, women and elderly," adding, "Because he could not fight our men in the field, he destroyed houses over the heads of their residents."
"You are not safe if our people do not live in freedom and independence," he warned, saying, "We will resist until the end; killing for killing, shelling for shelling, and horror for horror."
Israel launched the latest war against the blockaded Gaza Strip on July 8. More than 1,960 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have so far lost their lives and at least 10,100 have been injured in the Israeli war.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, had to launch retaliatory attacks against Israel during Tel Aviv's onslaught on Gaza.
Palestinian resistance movements say they have killed more than 150 Israelis in the conflict. Israel confirms 64 were killed. |
