Israelis pelt Beit Hanoun with eggs and vegetables

Friday August 03, 2007 14:16 by John Smith - IMEMC & agencies

A group of Israelis from the Tel Aviv region have constructed a number of homemade projectile launchers which they have used to fire fruit, vegetables and eggs at the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, a site that witnessed the massacre of 19 Palestinian civilians after heavy artillery was fired at the town last November.

Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza

The group, who claim that their actions are designed to raise awareness of attacks on Sderot, uses a homemade projectile to variety a variety of substances at Beit Hanoun, including eggs, tomatoes and other vegetables.

“The shooting was amazing, some of the vegetables flew over to the Strip, we actually spotted the eggs flying into Beit Hanoun. […] I’m glad we did this […] we are considering keeping this up.”

The northern Gaza Town of Beit Hanoun last November witnessed the deaths of 19 innocent Palestinians after the Israeli army directed shellfire into the area. 13 members of one family were killed in the attack. Seven children and four women were among the victims.

Israeli army officials originally claimed resistance groups had launched Qassam rockets from the town, claiming later that the shells missed their target because of a failure in the artillery’s guidance system.

Despite an expression of regret over the incident, Israel’s Deputy UN Ambassador refused to accept that Israel was fully to blame for the atrocity, stating that “If Palestinian terror did not continue to assault Israelis, if Qassam rockets stopped sailing out of Gaza into Israel, the incident in Beit Hanoun would never have happened.”

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