The IDF is finally beginning to consider doing the minimum to respond to months of rocket fire against Israeli schools and hospitals. There is a brutal firefight going on in the Gaza Strip right now. Israeli soldiers are being engaged by Hamas soldiers and Islamic Jihad terrorists who are armed with weapons that have shockingly - shockingly - slipped into the Strip in the last month or so. A single airstrike took out six Islamic Jihad members - these are not random terrorists firing from the inside of windows. These are organized armed units firing rockets and automatic weapons at armed Israeli units.

And then there's this innocent civilian. According to the AP, he just happened to wander onto his roof - where snipers hang out - at the time of the firefight. He was then gunned down by heartless Zionists:

You think he was up there fixing his satellite dish or something?

We're even more impressed by the AFP version of events, which fails to mention that this undoubtedly innocent man just happened to be on a rooftop during a firefight. AFP stringer Sakher Abu El Oun gallantly limits himself to merely noting that, you know, those Israelis - they kill civilians.

UPDATE: Well, look what made it into the JPost rewrite of the AP story that somehow failed to get into either the main AP or AFP versions:

Wonder how that slipped through.

References:
* 4 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid
* Six Palestinians killed in Israeli Gaza incursion

Previously:
* AP Headline and Lede: Syrian War Against Israel Would Be "Resistance"
* AP: Poor, Downtrodden Palestinians Leaving Their Beloved Homeland
* Associated Press: "We are all Hezbollah" is Not Anti-Israel

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers
* Israpundit