Hundreds of Palestinians formed a human shield around the home of Mohammed al-Baroud after he received a warning from the Israeli army late Shabbos giving him 30 minutes to leave his house. The large crowd succeded in preventing the air-strike. Barhoud is a commander in the Popular Resistance Committees in the town who is in charge of firing Kassam rockets at Sderot. Crowds of people stood on the rooftop and in the yard of the home.
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This points up the difference between the Israelis and their enemies. The Palestinians know that the Israelis will avoid killing “innocents,” so a crowd is a protection. They, on the other hand, deliberately target innocents, so a crowd would afford no protection at all.