GAZA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Israel Defense Forces delayed assassinating Khaled Mansour several times on Saturday, after drone video showed images of children nearby.
The IDF released a video on Twitter showing the aborted attacks against the senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander.
The military released several videos and social media posts showing the extreme lengths it goes to, in order to avoid civilian casualties. This challenge is made even more difficult because Palestinian terrorists routinely operate near civilian targets such as schools and hospitals, using their own citizens as human shields.
Over the last 3 days the IDF carried out precision strikes against Islamic Jihad.
Many were delayed or aborted to prevent civilian casualties.
WATCH as this strike against a senior Islamic Jihad commander was delayed last night because of children in the area: pic.twitter.com/ZnSTzGOdp4
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022
“Children were identified in the area so the attack was delayed several times,” a statement from the IDF said. “Later, when the kids were no longer in the area, the attack was successfully carried out.”
The video shows a view of Mansour’s home, with circles around children playing nearby
One official says, “I see kids running in the trees over there.” And a second responds, “Abort the mission.”
Watch what happened when the Israeli Air Force spotted a civilian next to an Islamic Jihad terrorist target in Gaza: pic.twitter.com/1noCdo1cH5
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022
The strike was delayed three separate times.
In addition, the Palestinians have murdered their own childen and blamed Israelis. On Saturday, a rocket hit a Palestinian home in a refugee camp, killing at least seven civilians, including four children.
Watch this failed rocket launch which killed children in Gaza.
This barrage of rockets was fired by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Gaza last night.
The rocket in the red circle misfired, killing Palestinian civilians—including children—in Jabaliya in northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/55zSU3fsRY
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022
Predictably, the mainstream media blamed the IDF. However the Israeli military quickly said it has video and radar evidence that proved the blast was caused by a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch. This is not uncommon, as it is widely known that the terrorists launch missiles from civilian neighborhoods, hoping to incite Israelis to retaliate into those areas and kill civilians.
As reported by VINnews