Gaza: secondary war being fought on the internet

As fighting rages in the Gaza Strip an unprecedented ‘virtual war’ is being joined in cyberspace.A furious public information battle is taking place on sites ranging from YouTube to Facebook between the Israeli state and Hamas.It is part of an attempt by Israel’s political leaders to use the internet to spread their message and has seen the country’s Army, the IDF, becoming the first ever national force to set up their own YouTube channel.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5424671.eceSocial networking sites new frontiers of the Gaza conflict [AP]
Israel’s bruising war on the Islamic militants who control Gaza has moved online, where sites like YouTube and Facebook are the new battlegrounds.In one of the fiercest skirmishes, sides are trading fire over the Israeli military’s use of YouTube to explain its campaign against Gaza militants, saying they have terrorised southern Israel with deadly rocket fire.
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