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Israel Thwarts Attempt To Smuggle Commercial Drones Into Gaza
An anonymous reader writes: The Jerusalem Post reports that the Shin Bet intelligence agency recently foiled an attempt to smuggle commercial multicopter drones into Gaza, Israel authorities announced on Sunday. The inspectors stopped an Israeli truck carrying toys at the Kerem Shalom Crossing, where drones of various types and sizes carrying high quality cameras were found. Additional attempts to smuggle commercial drones were intercepted by the Shin Bet in recent weeks. The drones were earmarked for use by Hamas group in Gaza. Close inspection of released images reveal what seems to be a Syma X5 FPV quadcopter. Those toy-grade multirrotors have a onboard wifi camera. Once you've downloaded the streaming app to your phone you are able to connect the on board camera to your phone and use it to give you FPV footage.
Hell no.. omg what if the enemy could record the way we treat them? That can't get out to the world. Just look at the numbers: http://www.newsweek.com/gaza-a...
Silence is a state of mime.
Sadly ironic that Israel has created two giant Palestinian concentration camps, complete with walls, guards, starvation and oppression--the whole nine yards.
Of course they don't want Palestinians filming any of this.
What exactly do they have to hide?
Probably the location of undefended women and children, whom the Hamas terrorists would like to murder. This is not idle speculation, as a) it has happened many times in the past, including recently, and b) the Hamas leadership has stated that this is what they want to do.
And why do they only ban them for Palestinians?
Probably because the Palestinians are the only ones trying to kill Israelis that Israel shares a border and checkpoints with. Do you expect them to try and ban drones in Sweden? Doesn't the answer to this question seem sort of obvious in hindsight?
Regular human beings allow other human beings nearby to exist. And when you deny them right of existence and want to push them to the sea, no wonder you are treated as war time enemy.
... to strapping on explosive to the drone and piloting into something ...
Have you looked at the "drone" in question?
It's a $70, 12 inch wide, 6 minute runtime, 160 foot control distance, toy.
A slingshot could move more weight further and probably more accurately.
Israel has not entered Gaza in any official capacity since pulling out nearly 11 years ago, except to smack Hamas down every time the bombing got too annoying to ignore. The blockades were not in place until Arabs voted Hamas into power in a democratic election. Perhaps those Arabs could take a little responsibility for their (in)action and remove Hamas.
Those same Arabs also destroyed a functioning greenhouse complex that was bought for and given as a gift to them. Their hatred over all things Israeli has destroyed their ability and desire to make an honest life for themselves.
Hamas: Popular terrorist organisation with the stated aim of murdering civilians.
Israel: Government with a poor human rights record that openly boasts about being effectively an apartheid state, tolerated as an ally only because every other power in the region is even worse.
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"I like the Walrus best," said Alice, "because you see he was a little sorry for the poor oysters."
"He ate more than the Carpenter, though," said Tweedledee. "You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn't count how many he took: contrariwise."
"That was mean!" Alice said indignantly. "Then I like the Carpenter best—if he didn't eat so many as the Walrus."
"But he ate as many as he could get," said Tweedledum.
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