{"id":4899,"date":"2015-10-31T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2015-10-31T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T15:46:17","slug":"idf-mistakenly-attacks-eritrea-by-roger-pumper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/10\/31\/idf-mistakenly-attacks-eritrea-by-roger-pumper\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF Mistakenly Attacks Eritrea  by Roger Pumper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"author-share\">\n<div id=\"shr_canvas2\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-ui shareaholic-resolved-canvas ng-scope\" data-app-id=\"17406232\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-title=\"IDF Mistakenly Attacks Eritrea\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.themideastbeast.com\/idf-mistakenly-attacks-eritrea\/\" data-summary=\"\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui flat round mini wrapped side-counter  \">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui\">\n<ul class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons\">\n<li class=\"shareaholic-share-button ng-scope has-shares\" title=\"Facebook\" data-service=\"facebook\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-button-container\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"banner-8158\" class=\"banner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hidden-xs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themideastbeast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IAF-F-16-Wiki-600x240-1445313214.jpg\" alt=\"IDF Mistakenly Attacks Eritrea\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"container container-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-credit\">IAF F 16 by Master Sergeant Kevin J. Gruenwald [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-credit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"main\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Calling it an understandable error made in the fog\u00a0of war, the Israel Defense Force (IDF)\u00a0apologized Monday for accidentally striking targets in the East African country of Eritrea in response to a wave of Palestinian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pilots were flying really high and weren\u2019t sure exactly where they were geographically, but when they saw a group of dark-skinned men they assumed they must be in Gaza and that the men must be Hamas terrorists,\u201d an IDF\u00a0spokesman told The Mideast Beast. \u201cUnder our strict \u2018Shoot first, ask questions later\u2019 policy, they were obliged to fire upon the men as well as several nearby buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation determined that the pilots had in fact been flying over Eritrea and the suspected Hamas combatants were simply Eritrean farmers. The buildings had been schools and farmhouses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 20,000 feet, even with electro-optics it\u2019s hard to tell whether someone is riding a tank or a donkey and whether they\u2019re carrying a rake or a machine gun,\u201d the IDF spokesman explained. \u201cWhen we noticed men on the ground who were not white, we figured, \u2018better safe than sorry.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The error comes at the worst possible time, as the day before Israeli police responded to a terror attack at a bus station in southern Israel by shooting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/police-to-probe-lynching-of-eritrean-man-in-beersheba\/\" target=\"_blank\">an Eritrean refugee who was uninvolved in the crime<\/a>, believing him to be a second terrorist. The man died after the crowd prevented him from receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very scary that our people can be killed simply because we are African,\u201d one Eritrean refugee told The Mideast Beast. \u201cI\u2019m considering moving to someplace where police are less likely to shoot me just because of my skin color, like Baltimore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, announced that his government had built a fortified, secure palace in the middle of the Negev Desert for the African migrants in order to keep them safe from vigilante attackers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IAF F 16 by Master Sergeant Kevin J. 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