To Hamas, Palestinian Lives Really Are Cheap

Palestinian terrorists have been wont to say that their victory over Israel is assured because Israel values life whereas the terrorists don't. Usually, that has been interpreted to mean that the terrorists not only have no regard for the lives of Israeli civilians, but the terrorists are willing to sacrifice their own lives as well to accomplish those murders.

Now, apparently, it is clear that Hamas is ready to sacrifice the lives of its own civilians as well for propaganda purposes:

Hamas is unnecessarily endangering Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by generating phony humanitarian crises, head of the Gaza Coordination Liaison Administration (CLA) Col. Nir Press said Monday.

On Sunday night, Gaza's Shifa Hospital claimed that due to tight Israeli restrictions on imports into Gaza, it had run out of anesthetic for surgeries, and as a result had canceled all but the most critical procedures.

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Monday, Press dismissed the claims and said that in a meeting he held Sunday afternoon with Palestinian Health Ministry officials he was informed that the hospitals were running "low" on the anesthetic. On Monday morning, less than 24 hours after making the request, Israel transferred 151 nitrous oxide gas balloons to Shifa Hospital.

"It is the Palestinians' responsibility to order the supplies," Press said, noting that despite the daily rocket attacks on Israeli towns - on Monday 10 rockets and shells pounded the western Negev - Israel continued to transfer medical goods and supplies into Gaza whenever they were ordered.

I've written before that the test whether you are dealing with terrorists or freedom fighters can be determined by their actions once they take power.

The fact that Israel cares more about the lives of Palestinian Arabs than the Hamas terrorist government proves my point.

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