'Israel Cares More for Palestinian Life Than Hamas Does'

A Palestinian man from the Gaza Strip stumbled across the security fence into Israeli territory on Wednesday after having been shot by Hamas forces.

Soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who are so often smeared as blood-thirsty racists, did not hesitate to provide the man with emergency medical treatment

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IDF Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, head of COGAT (Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories), took the opportunity to set the record straight, posting to Facebook in Arabic the following message to the people of Gaza:

"Nothing simpler: a Palestinian passed the security fence from the Gaza Strip into Israel today after Hamas forces shot him. IDF soldiers helped him - this is a purely humanitarian issue.

"The State of Israel and its army care for Palestinian life more than Hamas does, and this is the issue.

"The more you internalize it, people of Gaza, you will understand that Hamas has nothing to offer. You deserve more!"

(Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Story originally published on Israel Today.