The following are four extracts from the Israeli media showing how the Gaza Beach Bombing is being reported in Israel.

Notice the emphasis on the British media not taking the IDF line in this article. British media have adopted the stand of human rights groups that Israeli artillery fire caused the deaths of seven Arabs on a Gaza beach Friday a week ago. The IDF and Defense Minister Amir Peretz totally rejected the claims and explained that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has manipulated material to back their accusations.

British Media Reject IDF Findings on Gaza Beach Deaths
07:33 Jun 18, '06 / 22 Sivan 5766

(IsraelNN.com) British media have adopted the stand of human rights groups that Israeli artillery fire caused the deaths of seven Arabs on a Gaza beach Friday a week ago. The IDF and Defense Minister Amir Peretz totally rejected the claims and explained that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has manipulated material to back their accusations.

Minister Peretz said Israel would not agree to an international investigation, which also has been demanded by Meretz Knesset Member Zehava Gal-On, who told Voice of Israel government radio Sunday morning that if the IDF is not to blame, it should allow a probe.

Peretz says IDF report on Gaza beach killings is 'very credible'

Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Cabinet on Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces probe into the death of seven Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach nine days ago is "very credible."

"I checked the findings twice. The investigation is very credible and the process was not difficult," he said. (Ronny Sofer)
(06.18.06, 11:34)

Edry: Gaza beach explosion was caused by Palestinian bomb

Kadima minister Jacob Edry rejected on Sunday reports in British newspapers that an Israeli shell killed seven members of a Palestinian family on a Gaza beach nine days ago.

"The only shrapnel we possess is not from an IDF shell. It seems to be of a Hamas explosive device," Edry said. Tourism Minister Yitzhak Herzog backed the IDF's probe which cleared Israel of responsibility for the attack. (Ronny Sofer)
(06.18.06, 10:56)

Denial from the IDF in Jerusalem Post.

UN envoys in the Gaza Strip connected IDF artillery fire to the June 9th explosion of an artillery shell on a Gaza beach in which seven people were killed, according to an article in the British newspaper The London Times.

The IDF denied the claims made in the article, and restated that the navy did not fire artillery shells during the time of the incident.

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