Hamas' Favorite Fauxtographer and Crocodile Tears for Terrorists

Khalil Hamra, the AP "fauxtographer" who provided last week's picture of a "wounded" Gaza man next to three apparently healthy toddlers in a hospital, has snapped again.

The lead picture in dozens of newspapers today, including The Washington Post, showed a teary teen and this caption: "Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant Sami Lobad, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike, react during his funeral in Beit Lahiya. (Khalil Hamra-AP)

"Hamas militant" is newspeak for a terrorist. If Sami Lobad is identified as a dead "militant" killed in the last week, then he was either firing rockets at Israel's civilian population or was a bodyguard of master terrorist Nizar Rayyan, or was a Hamas fighter dedicated to Israel's destruction.

The world would be a better place if pictures of dead terrorists' mourners were not distributed by a major news agency or reproduced in Western newspapers.

Khalil Hamra's specialty appears to be photographing keeners at funerals. Here's another one of Hamra's shots from last month, with a portrait of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin looking down upon the scene:

Caption: Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant, Mohsen Al Qedra, react during his funeral in the family house in Khan Younis, Nov. 13, 2008. Al Qedra and three other Hamas militants were killed Wednesday as Israeli troops and Palestinian militants fought with missiles and mortars. (Khalil Hamra)

On November 12, the day before the funeral, Israeli paratroopers discovered Palestinian gunmen attempting to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza. Four of the gunmen, equipped with Kalashnikov guns and grenades, were killed. Presumably Al Qedra was one of them.

The AP photographer's online portfolio indicates that he also takes portraits of Palestinian babies and little children. Dead ones, of course. This blog will not reproduce the ghoulish and inciting pictures.

Other blog postings on Gaza:

Why Hasn't Israel Used Its Artillery in Gaza Yet?
Israel Is Also Facing Iran across the Gaza Border
Here Comes the Hamas Propaganda Attack

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