Why let a dead boy's death go to waste?
But what's unfortunate is that Western media uncritically retail these lies to Western readers.
Here's the story of what happened:
A Gazan child died on Wednesday from wounds sustained in four days of Israeli-Palestinian violence, but a truce deal appeared to be holding, despite more rocket fire and two Israeli raids.
Gaza emergency services spokesperson Adham Abu Selmiya said Baraka al-Mughrabi, aged 7, died from severe injuries sustained during an Israeli bombing raid on Gaza City on Saturday.
The boy's death, which raised to 26 the number of Palestinians killed in four days of bloodshed, came 24 hours after Israel and militant groups in Gaza agreed to observe a ceasefire deal in a bid to end the confrontation, which saw more than 200 rockets fired at Israel.
http://www.news24.com/World/News/Gaza-b ... e-20120314
But, in reality, the boy died attending the funeral of a Gazan terrorist - Palestinians wisely fire their assault rifles in the air for any number of public gatherings - funerals, weddings, parades, etc.
According to the boy's family, Baraka al-Mughrabi was struck by a stray bullet:
A Palestinian boy accidentally struck by a bullet when militants fired in the air during a funeral died of his injuries Wednesday, family members and witnesses said.
Palestinian health official Adham Abu Salmia initially said that 8-year-old Barka al-Mugrahbi died of wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike on Monday.
However, Israel's military said it did not carry out a strike in the area at the time.
The boy's relatives and witnesses later said the boy was marching in the funeral procession for a Gaza militant Monday when he was struck in the head by an errant bullet.
At the time, gunmen were firing in the air, they said.
http://news.yahoo.com/palestinians-gaza ... 28172.html
But, that's not all.
Another boy was said to have been killed in the same Israeli airstrike which the first article claims Barka/Baraka died of his wounds from.
Unfortunately, that other boy, which actually did die from an explosion, was probably killed while carrying explosives that detonated prematurely:
The Israeli army on Monday denied it had carried out an air strike on northern Gaza which killed a teenager, with an AFP correspondent confirming there was no sign of an air raid.
Fifteen-year-old Nayef Qarmut was killed and six other teenagers injured as they were on their way to school near the northern town of Beit Lahiya, with a spokesman for the Palestinian medical services blaming an Israeli drone strike.
"A drone strike hit a group of students who were walking by empty land on their way to school," said spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya, describing an incident which occurred at around 9:30am (0730 GMT).
But the Israeli military, after looking into the claim, denied it had conducted any air strikes in northern Gaza then, saying the last time it had struck the area was in the early hours of Monday.
"From an initial check, there were no air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip since the early hours of the morning," a military spokesman told AFP.
According to an AFP correspondent at the scene, there were no signs of any impact on the ground which could have been caused by a missile, with the most likely cause of his death being some kind of explosive device he was carrying.
The victim lost his legs in the blast and his body was covered with shrapnel wounds, he said.
Six other school children were injured, two of whom were in critical condition, while four sustained moderate wounds, medics said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... ea1403.1a1
Of course, Israel was blamed for that boy's death by Palestinian liars as well. And most of the media reports uncritically accepted what the Palestinians claimed.
As the world turns, as they say.
Another day, another Palestinian lie.
