In response to Israel Hayom correspondent Yehuda Schlesinger's tweet, MK Ahmad Tibi on Tuesday posted photos purportedly representing children and babies injured by IDF fire, including the boy Ido Avigal, z"l, who was killed by a direct rocket hit on his residential building in Sderot during Operation Guardian of the Walls.
Ido Avigal z"l,
Shani Avigal, Ido's mother, who was seriously wounded by the rocket, wrote painfully on Twitter: "Hey Ahmad, how are you, hearing? It's totally okay to take all kinds of children, put them in one picture and tell the world that the IDF killed them, but is there any way you take my child's picture off there? I'm pretty sure Hamas murdered him, and injured my daughter, my nephews, and me, too, but I'm not a girl, so be it. Oh yes, they shot at the house!"
Hi Ahmed, how are you, hearing? It's totally okay to take all kinds of children, put them in one picture and tell the world that the IDF killed them, but is there any way you take my child's picture off there? I'm pretty sure Hamas murdered him, and injured my daughter, my nephews, and me, too, but I'm not a girl, so be it. Oh yes, they shot into the house! pic.twitter.com/JY66pJJrph
— Shani Avigal (@Shani_avigal) September 19, 2023
The controversy was apparently sparked by interviews by Brothers in Arms on CBS's "60 Minutes." An activist told the network: "If you want pilots to be able to fly and fire bombs and missiles at houses knowing they can kill children, they have to have full confidence in the people who make those decisions."
The remarks sparked outrage and drew a series of reactions. One of them was that of Israel Hayom correspondent Yehuda Schlesinger, who wrote on Twitter: "This morning too, it is important to repair the damage and remind: the IDF does not bomb homes with children."
In response, Tibi posted 36 pictures of children and babies and sarcastically replied: "Except for the times that yes." and included in it, as mentioned, a picture of Ido Avigal z"l...
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