Members of a Gaza family whose farm was turned into a "fortress" by Hamas fighters have reported that they were helpless to stop Hamas from using them as human shields.
They told the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper that for years Hamas had used their property and homes as military installations from which the group would launch rockets into Israel, dig tunnels and store arms.
http://www.jpost.com/...
Palestinian Media Watch quoted the official Palestinian Authority daily, Al-Hayat al-Jadida as reporting on January 27, "The Abd Rabbo family kept quiet while Hamas fighters turned their farm in the Gaza strip into a fortress. Right now they are waiting for the aid promised by the [Hamas] movement after Israel bombed the farm.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/...
The hill on which the Abd Rabbo family lives overlooks the Israeli town Sderot, a fact that turned it into an ideal military position for the Palestinian fighters, from which they have launched hundreds of rockets into southern Israel during the last few years.
http://www.pmw.org.il/
So you hear stories of Gazan farmers killed by Israel. Tragic if true, but how many of them were actual farmers and how many of them were Hamas militants using these farms as military bases? They're dressed in civilian clothes afterall. So Palestinain / Hamas sources feed the media that they're farmers and the media reports it unquestioningly. So it goes.
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