http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/12/palestinian-rocket-killed-baby-gaza
It's so hard to find unbiased reporting, I'm not saying this is true but this a report by the UN apparently.
Keep in mind I believe no matter whose rocket killed this child, it is still a tragic death. Also disclaimer the fact still remains Israel killed hundreds of people in that 8 day conflict, so I'm not letting them off the hook even if this one death may not be caused by them.
The thing that baffles me, is quickly using the dead such as this child as political fodder, when no one got their facts straight to confirm what happened. And it hurts Palestine's cause and gives Israel more credibility.
It is likely an errant Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli air strike, killed the baby of a BBC picture editor during fighting in Gaza last November, a UN report has indicated, challenging the widely believed story behind an image that became a symbol of what Palestinians said was Israeli aggression.
"Omar Misharawi, an 11-month-old infant, was killed on 14 November, the first day of fighting. An Associated Press photograph showed Omar's anguished father, Jihad Misharawi, clutching his slain child wrapped in a shroud. Palestinians blamed Israel, and the image was broadcast around the world and widely shared on social media."
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Matthias Behnke, head of the OHCHR in the Palestinian territories, said he could not "unequivocally conclude" that the death was caused by an errantly fired Palestinian rocket. He said information gathered from witnesses led the office to report that "it appeared to be attributable to a Palestinian rocket".
He said Palestinian militants were firing rockets at Israel not far from the Misharawi home. Behnke said the area was targeted by Israeli air strikes, but the salvo that hit the Misharawi home was "markedly different".
He said there was no significant damage to the house – unusual for an Israeli strike – and witnesses reported that a fireball struck the roof of the house, which might have been part of a homemade rocket. Behnke said the type of injuries sustained by Misharawi family members were consistent with rocket shrapnel.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said it still held Israel responsible for Omar's death.
The PCHR has condemned Hamas fighters and other militants in the past for errantly-fired rockets that have killed Palestinians, including during the November clash.
The thing that interested me about this story is that, people who were trending this said they were appalled that BBC did not cover this story at all that their own reporter's son died by Israel's hands. And I thought that was kind of strange...Probably turns out they were trying to confirm the situation before quickly putting it out there.
Thoughts?
Topic: UN report suggests Palestinian rocket killed baby in Gaza