Some news the BBC seem reluctant to cover

Google News shows 237 results when you look for ""Ashkelon Shopping Mall" +rocket". The news story is that a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip has hit a shopping centre in the Israeli city of Ashkelon injuring many people. Ha'aretz report that:

"A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, apparently a Katyusha-type rocket, exploded in a shopping center in the southern city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least ten people.

According to preliminary reports, three of the injured were in serious condition, two were in moderate condition and at least eleven suffered minor wounds.

A woman and her young daughter were seriously wounded, along with another child, said Leah Malul of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. The eight-year-old girl and the woman, both suffering from severe head trauma, were transferred to a hospital in central Israel for further treatment due to the seriousness of their condition.

Witnesses told Israeli radio stations that the rocket caused considerable damage. Rescue service director Eli Bean said at least two people were trapped under the rubble....

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command said its fighters launched the rocket, one of an almost daily pattern of militant attacks from the Palestinian enclave.

The homemade rockets militants usually fire at Israel do not have enough range to reach Ashkelon. Instead, militants use Grad-type Katyusha rockets to hit the city of 100,000, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Gaza-Israel border."

The BBC have nothing on the World News front page, I doubt that this would be the case if the "brutal Israeli army" had attacked the "peace-loving Palestinians". The two stories selected for the "Middle East" headlines are:

"Arabs push for Lebanon dialogue
Four Palestinians killed in Gaza"

Currently not a word on theMiddle East news page.



STOP PRESS:

The BBC are covering the story as a piece of video, so you have to search for "Ashkelon" (ie: you have to know that there is a story) and then you find this 45 second piece of video with no audio commentary and the bland description "At least 14 people were hurt after a rocket reportedly fired from Gaza hit a shopping centre in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, officials say.".


You almost have to admire the BBC's single-minded approach to covering the Middle East, there is no room for shades of grey just black and white, evil and good, Palestinians and Jews.