Global Rumblings: Israel, Hamas uses Twitter to report on Gaza skirmishes

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Israel, Hamas uses Twitter to report on Gaza skirmishes | Internet & Media - CNET News

Both sides using the social network to offer updates on new flare-up in violence along the Israel-Gaza border.

November 14, 2012 11:39 AM PST

Israel, Hamas uses Twitter to report on Gaza skirmishes | Internet & Media - CNET News:
This may be a first. The Israel Defense Force has been using Twitter to offer updates on the latest round of fighting along with border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

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.

Samples:

IDF

@IDFSpokesperson

Ahmed Jabari: Eliminated. pic.twitter.com/sCnQnKkM

IDF

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@IDFSpokesperson14 Nov 12

We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead.

Alqassam Brigades@AlqassamBrigade

@IDFSpokesperson Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)