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Friday 19 November 2010

A strange BBC news report

The BBC report on a Grad missile attack launched from Gaza in a rather odd way. Rather than a flowing story this article appears to be in note form as various points that the BBC think should be made are made. Here's the whole article, see what you think:
'Israel hit by long-range Grad rocket fired from Gaza

A long-range rocket has been fired from Gaza into Israel, the Israeli military has said. It struck near the town of Ofakim without causing any casualties.

The attack with a Grad-type rocket was the first of its kind in several months, an official said.

Reports also say that a Qassam and four mortars were fired from Gaza yesterday.

An Israeli air strike on Wednesday killed two members of the Army of Islam, a Palestinian militant group.

Grad-type rockets, from a Soviet design, have a range of up to 40km (25 miles), about twice the distance of the Qassam rockets made in Gaza and usually used by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

Rocket fire from Gaza has dropped sharply since Israel's devastating 22-day offensive in December 2008.

In the past 18 months one Thai farm worker in Israel has been killed by a rocket fired from Gaza.

According to Israeli Defence Force figures, 180 rockets and mortars have been fired into Israel by militants in 2010.

The United Nations says that in 2010, 55 Palestinians, including 22 civilians, have been killed by Israeli military action in Gaza.

The UN says over 200 Palestinians have been injured in the same period.'
It is odd how any report of a Palestinian attack on Isreal has to be put 'in context' with the amount of Palestinians killed by Israel. Oddly when Israel launches a retaliatory attack on Gaza the BBC do not report how many attacks Hamas and others have launched against Israel prior to the Israeli action. Also it is noticeable that the BBC usually (although not in this report) report that the majority of rockets do no damage and fall 'harmlessly'; the fact that this might be due to Israelis running for shelters goes un-remarked upon. Since the death of the Thai farm worker, he is mentioned in every report - I think the BBC might be trying to suggest something but I am not sure what...

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