Gaza, some rambling...

[Ruy Horta]

...inspired by watching a BBC World News report at 13:00 GMT+1.

First, I "heard" that the Israeli army uses baloons for observation, which came as a surprise. Of course it makes sense as a cheap and effective observation platform. Just interesting how pre-WW1 technology is still used today.

Now a little more critical, there were reports of a couple of Israeli soldiers having been "kidnapped", surely as soldiers in combat they are captured.

Also there are daily reports (including today) of Hamas figureheads being killed, however such specific targeted killings are in practice equal to assassinations and should be identified as such.

IMHO this can be done without losing the objectivity of the report.