Israel to Hamas: Thank You for Not Smoking

Israel finally got fed up with Hamas soldiers in the Gaza Strip who kept firing homemade rockets into southern towns. So Israel opened a can of whoop ass on the soldiers. And there may have been some civilian casualties too, but hey, they voted overwhelmingly to allow Hamas to to be their government, so in a way, they were asking for it.

From the AP here:

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says Israel’s air offensive against militant sites in Gaza “will widen as necessary.”

Barak says Israel does not intend to allow Islamic Hamas militants who rule Gaza to continue firing rockets and mortars on Israel’s southern communities.

Hamas says at least 192 Gazans were killed in the first day of the offensive and 270 were wounded.

Said Masri sat in the middle of a Gaza City street, close to a security compound, alternately slapping his face and covering his head with dust from the bombed-out building.

“My son is gone, my son is gone,” wailed Masri, 57. The shopkeeper said he sent his 9-year-old son out to purchase cigarettes minutes before the airstrikes began and now could not find him. “May I burn like the cigarettes, may Israel burn,” Masri moaned.

See?  That’s why Islamic supporters of terror shouldn’t smoke.  It will stunt the growth of their children.  And who the hell sells tobacco to 9 year olds?  Totally irresponsible.  I hereby call upon the United Nations to ban smoking in all Palestinian territories because smoking has tragic consequences to the children there.