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October 6, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=569199

In Jabalya, "The Truth Does Not Help Us"

(Independent-UK) Donald Macintyre- The message blared through the loudspeakers of many Gaza mosques: "We send congratulations to the people and to Hamas, who tonight killed seven Israeli soldiers in Jabalya. Give thanks to God for this successful operation, which destroyed an Israeli tank, killing all the soldiers inside." Except that while an explosion did occur near an Israeli armored vehicle on Monday night, no soldiers were killed. "It's the people that lie to themselves," said Hussam, an English-speaking Palestinian, bleakly struggling to explain the wishful thinking of many Jabalya residents, despite what looks like increasingly futile armed resistance. "The truth does not help us."

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