Saturday, November 17, 2012

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and  Hamas Started Another War Front At  Twitter.

On Wednesday, the IDF began live-tweeting and blogging about its current military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israel Defense Forces 'eliminated' posterAhmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, head of Hamas' military wing, was killed in the initial air strike.
The IDF uploaded a video of the attack and an "eliminated" poster on Twitter.
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, responded: "Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)".
In a thinly-veiled threat, the IDF warned: "We recommend no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead."
Meanwhile, over the last 20 hours, Hamas has been giving a running commentary on its mortar and rocket attacks on various Israeli targets, including what it said were military bases.
On Thursday, it posted a YouTube video purportedly showing the launch of a Fajr 5 missile towards Tel Aviv for the first time.
In its turn, the IDF tweeted a link to a video purportedly showing an Israeli air force attack on a "rocket warehouse in #Gaza", on day two of its "Pillar of Defense" operation.
Screnngrab of Hamas Twitter feed Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has also been using Twitter to get its message across
The use of social media to announce and comment on military operations, almost in real time, is a significant departure for the social networking platform.
And it potentially brings the warring parties into conflict with Twitter's own rules, which state: "Violence and Threats: You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others."
Benedict Evans, analyst at media research company Enders Analysis, told the BBC: "This clearly puts Twitter in a difficult position. They want to preserve their position as a carrier service that doesn't editorialise.
"On the other hand, they have terms and conditions that must be adhered to.
"This is not a decision a couple of hundred engineers in North California want to be making."
It remains to be seen whether Twitter intervenes in the online warfare and bans either of both of the combatants.




14 Nov IDF IDFVerified ‏@IDFSpokesperson
We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead.
@idfspokesperson Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)
.@AlqassamBrigade @IDFSpokesperson Twitter is not a diplomacy tool. Stop killing each other. I support neither of you.
Never knew that the day would come when a conflict goes directly to twitter. Follow @AlqassamBrigade @IDFSpokesperson pic.twitter.com/tYeeZSIi
@AlqassamBrigade @IDFSpokesperson Mommy, Daddy, stop fighting! No, seriously. Stop fighting.
So @AlqassamBrigade and @IDFSpokesperson walk into a Christian bar...and all 3 faiths find out they share the same prophets. LMAO
@AlqassamBrigade @IDFSpokesperson Do you think this makes you seem tougher? Holier? Will your people trust you more? You must choose peace.
Hopefully, after #Israel wipes out @AlqassamBrigade and #Hamas, they stuff pork chops in their chest cavities. @IDFSpokesperson Mmm, #BBQ!
@AlmaMaderoB @alqassambrigade @idfspokesperson then their prophets walk into a strip joint and laugh their asses off knowing there is no god
.@AlqassamBrigade @IDFSpokesperson yeh I'm sure they're shaking in their boots! Who is it that hides behind women and children like cowards?
@elephantcub8 why thank you wingnut biggot. How very "right" of you to address me in that term.
@maljunaibi I found Stalin's granddaughter's clothing boutique's FB page. She lives in Portland, Oregon, USA. We live in odd times
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