Muamar family detention incident
The Muamar family detention incident occurred very early on the morning of 24 June 2006, in the first arrests of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) since the Israeli disengagement from Gaza one year earlier,[1] when IDF soldiers detained Osama and Mustafa Muamar. Researcher Noam Chomsky viewed the imbalance on media focus between the Israeli raid detaining the Muamar brothers versus the following day's Palestinian 2006 Gaza cross-border raid detaining Gilad Shalit as illustrating "blatant hypocrisy" in relation to the triggering events of the 2006 phase of the Gaza–Israel conflict.[2]
Raid[edit]
The raid began 03:30 local time (00:30 UTC). IDF troops entered the house of the Muamar family in the village of Umm al-Nasser, near the Rafah Camp, about one kilometer from the Israeli border. The soldiers detained Osama and Mustafa Muamar. According to their father Ali Muamar, "they blindfolded and handcuffed me and started beating me up with the butts of their rifles and kicking me". He claimed that the soldiers also confiscated his computer and left after about an hour. The two men were taken to Israel.[3]
An Israeli spokesman confirmed the detentions, said that both men were members of the militant group Hamas intending to carry out imminent attacks on Israel and stated "These Palestinians were transferred to Israel where they will be questioned".[3][4] A spokesman for Hamas confirmed that the brothers were sons of a member but denied that the men detained were involved in Hamas.[3][4]
Aftermath[edit]
The raid was followed by the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on 25 June 2006 and further incidents in the 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict. Noam Chomsky viewed the arrest of the Muamar brothers as a contributing factor in the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict and the following 2006 Lebanon War.[5]
Media analysis[edit]
Chomsky observed that analysis and commentary on the arrest of the Muamar brothers was virtually ignored in the major English media, in sharp contrast to that of the capture of Gilad Shalit.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "World in brief : Gaza Strip arrests". The Observer. 25 June 2006. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2006-08-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chomsky, Noam (19 January 2009). "'Exterminate all the Brutes': Gaza 2009". chomsky.info. Archived from the original on 2023-07-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Israel captures pair in Gaza raid". BBC. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2006-08-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Israeli troops arrest two in Gaza raid". Al Jazeera. 24 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chomsky, Noam (29 July 2006). "Confrontation with Hamas and Hezbollah". Z Communications. Archived from the original on 2023-07-22. Unknown parameter
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