Israel, Hamas using Twitter to report on Gaza skirmishes
Both sides using the social network to offer updates on new flare-up in violence along the Israel-Gaza border.
But Hamas is fighting back with its own volley in the information war. The organization's military wing is also using Twitter today as the pace of cross-border violence picked up. The sides have been locked in low-level violence for several days. The fighting intensified today following the assassination of Ahmed Jabri, a senior military leader accused by Israel of being responsible for several terror attacks.
A cyber sampler of what's coming over the transom:
@idfspokesperson Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)
— Alqassam Brigades (@AlqassamBrigade) November 14, 2012
Ahmed Jabari: Eliminated. twitter.com/IDFSpokesperso...
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2012
Al Qassam mourns the death of its top leader Ahmed Jabari who has been assassinated by #Israeli drones in #Gaza #Hamas
— Alqassam Brigades (@AlqassamBrigade) November 14, 2012
Iron Dome successfully intercepts 13 rockets fired from the #Gaza Strip. #PillarOfDefense
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2012
Al Qassam shell an Intelligence base 8200 with dozens of mortars, 20:50 pm #gaza #gazaunderattack #hamas
— Alqassam Brigades (@AlqassamBrigade) November 14, 2012
More than 12,000 rockets hit Israel in the past 12 years. RT if you think #Israel has the right to defend itself. twitter.com/IDFSpokesperso...
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 14, 2012