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Hamas killed 160 “Palestinian” children to build jihad terror tunnels

Jul 25, 2014 8:00 pm By Robert Spencer

tunnel62044Why, it’s genocide! It’s murder! Oh, wait — if the “Palestinians” are the ones killing “Palestinian” children, then it doesn’t matter. There will be no international media outcry.

“Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Terror Tunnels,” by Myer Freimann, Tablet, July 25, 2014 (thanks to Jerusalem Posts):

As the death toll of Operation Protective Edge rises, the deaths of children are firmly in the spotlight—and rightly so. It pains all reasonable people to hear of children dying as the consequence of war. Hamas and its supporters display gruesome pictures of dead and wounded children in order to gain sympathy for their portrait of Israel as the villain intent on killing Palestinians. In response, Israel cites the need to stop Hamas from firing thousands of rockets at its own children, who are being forced to live in bomb shelters, as well as the need to eliminate the tunnels that Hamas dug into Israel in order to carry out terror attacks against Israelis. One tunnel opening was found underneath an Israeli kindergarten.

But who built those tunnels? The answer is Hamas, of course—using some of the same children who are now trapped under fire in Gaza.

The Institute for Palestine Studies published a detailed report on Gaza’s Tunnel Phenomenon in the summer of 2012. It reported that tunnel construction in Gaza has resulted in a large number of child deaths.

“At least 160 children have been killed in the tunnels, according to Hamas officials”

The author, Nicolas Pelham, explains that Hamas uses child laborers to build their terror tunnels because, “much as in Victorian coal mines, they are prized for their nimble bodies”.

Human rights groups operating in Gaza raised concerns about child labor in the tunnels as far back as 2008. Hamas responded by saying it was “considering curbs.” Following Operation Cast Lead in 2009 Hamas softened its position and the Interior Ministry established the Tunnel Affairs Commission (TAC) which, “In response to public concern at a rising toll of tunnel casualties, particularly of child workers…issued guidelines intended to ensure safe working conditions.” No mention is made in the report of the conditions that would result for both Palestinian and Israeli children from building tunnels that would be used to launch terror attacks.

Nor does it seem that Hamas paid much subsequent attention to ensuring the safety of the child workers that it used to build the tunnels that would wind up endangering the lives of many in Gaza. On a tour of the tunnels in 2011, Pelham noted that, “nothing was done to impede the use of children in the tunnels.”

Not only are Hamas misappropriating much of the humanitarian aid supplied to Gaza—800,000 tons of cement were used to construct the terror tunnels into Israel—they are also directly exploiting and endangering Gaza’s youth in their construction and operation.

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  1. Richie says

    Jul 25, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    Another example of the EVIL that is Islam.

    SATAN has many followers, and the followers are called Muslims

    • Centurion_Cornelius says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 7:35 am

      +1

      Affirmative.

      Roger that.

    • Mulakush says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 6:20 pm

      1.6 Billion followers has the Satan accumulated

      • Zaba says

        Jul 27, 2014 at 7:09 pm

        I believe 1.2 is more accurate.
        muzlims tend to inflate or deflate numbers and facts as needed.
        Perhaps Robert can comment on this.

    • Elsa says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 9:20 pm

      Yes, its evil-but so is Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. And lets not forget secular humanism, which in my view is just as bad, or worse, because its cloaked in the language of neutrality, reason, rationality. But its a beast!! It poisons peoples minds with its own religion-do what you want as long as it feels good and doesn’t harm anyone (except unborn children, etc) Its secular humanism that has opened the flood gates in the west to the Muslim invasion and refuses to take responsibilty. Anything that exalts itself above the living God is evil according to the bible. There are many evils not just Islam, and not all Muslims are bad people. Some try, despite their warped belief system, to do good.

      • Zaba says

        Jul 27, 2014 at 11:42 pm

        Hi Elsa:
        …not all Muslims are bad people. Some try, despite their warped belief system, to do good.

        Do you have any examples of muzlims doing good?
        Extra points if they are doing good for kafirs.
        Can you provide examples of muzlims deploring any of the 23,490 *islamic terror attacks since 9-11?
        How about 9-11?
        This information would help to substantiate your claim.

        *see them all at thereligionofpeace.co

      • Oliver says

        Jul 28, 2014 at 12:41 pm

        Quick question–when have Buddists and Hindus TAKEN OFFENSIVE ACTION, OTHER THEN RETALITORY, against another ethnic group, in say the last 67 years?

        And also answer the psot resposne above mine.

        As to secular humanism-I don’t agree with it, but when did the secular humanists launch attacks upon people based upon their ( the people’s) religious beliefs, which are not the same as their beliefs?

        Any resposne?

      • bernard says

        Aug 6, 2014 at 3:59 pm

        Elsa, what a senseless B.S. The differentiated look at this world is by far not your virtue.

  2. Chrissy says

    Jul 25, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Hamas has proven over and over again that it holds human lives very cheaply. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they used children to build their tunnels.. nor does it surprise me that one of those tunnels led to a Jewish kindergarten. Their contempt for humanity knows no bounds. And world governments would have us believe they are the victims. Their people are the victims, and mostly from Hamas itself, not Israel – who do their best to avoid injuring or killing women and children. If Hamas and Palestine want less deaths among their population, they would do well to build shelters and stop putting civilians in harms way. Even better, they should just stop this genocide of the Israeli people.

    • Rajivi says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 2:56 am

      When ever there is more production of certain item, then its cost would come down…similar is the case with Muslims..They breed like dogs and so don’t know the value of life..

      • Oliver says

        Jul 27, 2014 at 4:07 pm

        I disagree Mr. Rajivi.

        That is AN INSULT TO DOGS.

        A more proper, in my view, analogy, would be say that they breed like roaches.

        I am not an animal lover, nor do I particularly care for dogs, but why insult them/

  3. Jay Boo says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 12:49 am

    Simple Solution

    Palestinian Muslims must renounce Islam or die.
    The MSM would stay silent.
    Force Palestinian Muslims to renounce Islam or be put to death.
    The PC image Leftist activists would surely not make any noise.
    Simple

    The only problem is to convince them all that ISIL issued the order just like in Mosul against the Christians.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 12:57 am

      note comment about Mosul by marc on other thread
      http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/paris-jew-assaulted-after-facebook-pages-publishes-pics-of-french-jews/comment-page-1#comment-1092498

      • Jay Boo says

        Jul 26, 2014 at 12:59 am

        also Kurdish and other I assume

    • Jay Boo says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 1:00 am

      also Kurdish and other I assume

  4. JIMJFOX says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 12:57 am

    We need to understand that Islamic ‘morals’ are not like ours- all that matters is
    what is pleasing to allah and his messenger. Also, Islam can contradict itself by way of its duality; black can be white, right can be wrong, there is no conflict in the Islamic mind. Allah and muhammad (one and the same, to us) make the rules and it matters nothing that these rules make no sense to the rational mind.

    Children dying in tunnels, or as human shields- they’re all servants of allah and have earned jannah, which is infinitely more important than their lives in this world. Or so muslims claim.

    • Zaba says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 2:49 am

      Correct!
      No ethics, no Golden Rule in islam.
      Think about it.

      • umbra says

        Jul 26, 2014 at 5:44 am

        islam exists only for the sake of islam, nothing else … no one else.

    • Dee Harris says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 6:16 am

      is this not another form of sacrificing to molech? Indeed, their morality differs vastly, displaying the mind of Lucifer.

  5. CornHolio says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 3:06 am

    Israel – Gaza

    2005, as a gesture of peace, Israel AGAIN cedes land to the Palestinians, abandoning all of Gaza, leaving behind nothing but thousands of greenhouses, that are all promptly destroyed. (naturally)

    Since then, Israel – along with aid from the US – has been sending the Palestinians in Gaza free heating fuel, water, and electricity. And the Palestinians show their gratitude…. yeah right.

    In response to this blatant AGGRESSION, the Gazans have been sending thousands of missiles and mortar shells back, and digging invasion tunnels using humanitarian-aid-shipment steel and concrete, all dug by CHILDREN, using electricity to power lights supplied by the people they are INVADING.

    Now the Gazans have elected an internationally-recognized terrorist organization as their government, have stepped up attacks that now reach into Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv itself, and have admitted on Gaza state TV that not only are civilians being used as human shields, but that Hamas ENCOURAGES this “noble and brave” behavior.

    So the IDF starts robot-dialing the entire neighborhood with Arabic warnings of imminent air-strikes, along with dropped leaflets and freaking no-payload WARNING SHELLS, and still videos show civilians either running or being herded back up on the roofs of these targeted buildings. daring or pleading to be hit. I don’t know which.

    And so the IDF decides to send in troops to destroy the rocket sites and tunnels, knowing that they are walking into ambushes and booby-traps, but wanting to spare the civilians. And so the Israeli soldiers start dying. And STILL pretty much the entire Western world condemns Israel’s actions as “too aggressive”?

    If a Martian shows up and asks for an explanation, somebody else handle it.
    This is too embarrassing.

  6. Buraq says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 5:36 am

    You can bet the farm that not a syllable of this will appear in the western Press.

    Clowns!

  7. Aardvark says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 6:37 am

    Hello IDF!

    Have you tried this?

    1. Use GPR (ground penetrating radar, which is commonly used in modern archaeology) to scan the area along the border with Gaza.
    2. Drill down to any tunnels you find.
    3. Pump in a few loads of quick-setting concrete.
    4. Repeat on a regular basis.

    • duh_swami says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 8:28 am

      Sounds good but how deep down are those tunnels, and how big of a hole do you need to drill to pour cement?

    • Zaba says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 11:58 am

      On the other hand, the IDF is finding lots of stuff and info in those tunnels.

    • SpiritOf1683 says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 2:10 pm

      A thermobaric bomb for each tunnel would be better.

    • Oliver says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 4:13 pm

      A few years ago, Egypt found a tunnel into Sinai, and when there were (as I recall a few hundred–but it might have been less–terrorists in the tunnel) they pumped some chemical agent into the tunnel and sealed the Sinai exit. All died. One brief item (all that i ever saw) then it disappeared.

      (Before the recent elections in Egypt, but after the overthrow of the MB).

  8. duh_swami says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 8:36 am

    Allah has robbed them of their manhood, and left them with leaky plumbing. They are hollow men, and nothing is beyond them.
    And it’s not just Hamas, its shahada everywhere.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 3:56 pm

      The word ‘Muslim’ means assume the position “submission”

  9. bc says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 9:06 am

    We are constantly being told how the people of Gaza are suffering and it is all Israel’s fault becauseof their wicked blockade. If it were not for Hamas’ belligerant attitiude towards Israel, constantly calling for the destruction of the state, there would be no need for a blockade, which is not intended to starve the Gazas into surrender but to stop Hmaas arming itself for jihad.
    In any case the US and the EU have poured millions upon millions of dollars and Euros into Gaza for years and the corrupt Hamas govt. uses the money to
    gather weapons and buld tunnels, instead of providing for the people’s welfare

    • Rajivi says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 3:04 am

      Are these Govts., so dumb that they do’nt know all these facts..?

      • Oliver says

        Jul 27, 2014 at 4:15 pm

        In answer to the question–yes, the governments are stupid–OR they just do not want to know.

        And forgotten, the millions upon millions stolen by the leaders.

  10. Transmaster says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 11:01 am

    The Palestinians are bitching about not having enough water, which the Israel sends them in large amounts but they refuse to fix the water pipes so much of it is lost. The EU offered to build them a desalination plant which would supply them with all their needs and they refused saying they had plenty of water and then pointed places in Israel were they could get it, as if Israel wasn’t there, which in their minds doesn’t. Ir sure is a good thing Israel is not like Saddam Hussein he would just gas the Gaza strip with nerve agents and be done with it.

  11. Anon says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 11:18 am

    Your comments to date are just…frightening.
    – No one bothered to read the original article, which is about Gaza-Egypt tunnels.
    – You all blindly followed another blog, which also failed to read the original article.
    – The ignorance of Islam and the Muslim world is forgivable; the violent and virulent bigotry is shameful.

    Grow some humanity, people. You can despise the jihad without tarring all Muslims. That’s like blaming your Catholic neighbor for priests diddling the altar boys.

    • Zaba says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 12:02 pm

      Frightening?
      Indeed, all of islam is frightening.
      Apparently you didn’t get the message that ALL tunnels are terror tunnels esp when weapons are transported therein.

  12. Judi says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    When this present war finally ends, the palestinians will be calling for more concrete to “allegedly” rebuild their buildings which the wicked IDF destroyed. Then the vicious circle will start again. Israel will put a blocade on the concrete entering Gaza for fear of more tunnels being built, there will be a hue and cry, the UN and Human Rights organizations will get involved, there will be marches all over the world, and it will be back to square 1. G-d help us all!!

    • Jay Boo says

      Jul 26, 2014 at 5:11 pm

      $47 million in aid promised by Kerry
      http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183188#.U9QYZ5tAQ5s

      Will the money come from US tax payers or his wealthy wife’s deceased husband’s bank account?

      • Oliver says

        Jul 27, 2014 at 4:19 pm

        Jay Boo– your question makes one laugh.

        From his wife’s (late husband’s) bank account? Surely, you joke.

        This is the multi- multi millionaire who registered his boat in New Hampshire,m as the taxes/registration fee would be less.

        Spend his own or his wife’s money? HELL NO.

    • Zaba says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 4:41 pm

      the ‘palestinians’ will be calling for more concrete

      Not if there are no Arabs left in ‘Aza.

  13. Linda Rivera says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    Despicable HYPOCRITES, Western leaders and media and the many thousands of muslims and leftists screaming for Jewish blood in our streets, demonstrate for Hamas in many of our countries, are silent about Hamas terror tunnels that KILL ‘Palestinian’ children.

  14. SpiritOf1683 says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    It goes to show that amongst the so-called ‘Palestinians’, there’s no such thing as a non-combatant. Every one of them is engaged in combat of some sort against Israel, even as children, whether firing rockets, digging tunnels into Israel with the aim of carrying out atrocities there, acting as ‘human shields’ or infusing their young with warped anti-Semitism. The Chinese would never put up with this sort of thing if the Gaza Strip bordered their country and Hamas was in charge there. And we all know it is the US and UK, much to our shame, who are chiefly responsible for stopping the Israelis from destroying their enemies. Not China, India, Russia or anyone else.

    • Zaba says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 4:42 pm

      Yes, it’s all about the ummah, the islamosphere.

  15. Elisheva14 says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    Every Hamas mother is proud to have a child who is a martyr…

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 7:53 am

      And that’s because she believes that the child she has essentially turned into a human sacrifice – offing itself in the process of murdering or attempting to murder others – can get her and a whole bunch of others exempted from the Torments of the Grave.

      It’s not just that “slaying and being slain” gets the murder-“martyr” into allah’s “paradise”; such a murder-“martyr” is supposed to be able to get exemptions for a set number of kinfolk, as well.

    • Oliver says

      Jul 27, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      I don’t know about Hamas ( but I doubt it–it would mean less money for their leaders to steal) but Hussein ( when the dictator of Iraq) gave the family of the children that he recruited for homicide bombings $25,000, when they did it correctly 9killed Israelis or damaged something, or killed other enemies of his).

      • Zaba says

        Jul 27, 2014 at 4:46 pm

        Oliver:

        when they did it correctly

        What a great idea for a new sitcom!

        Arab ‘mom’ with clutch of 12 boys, sends them one by one to ‘do it correctly’.
        Sadly, none do and she remains sonless and cashless.
        The end.

  16. j_not_a says

    Jul 26, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    When these despicable pali frauds want to drum up some sympathy in the world medi they are not above recycling pictures of injured or dead children from other conflicts such as Syria or Iraq or Afghan etc. from a few years ago because there are so few actually caused by the IDF in Gaza in this latest conflict. Sickening but not suprising.

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