This is the first real war being waged on Twitter

Will be analyzed will remain in history The operation of the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip, 'Pilar Defensive' , there are live and some argue that this is the first Internet war declared. From days before starting the operation, via Twitter, the main account spokesman Israeli Air Force (IDF @ IDFSpokesperson IDF, for its acronym in English-IOF Occupy Israeli Forces as its detractors call him) did count rockets fallen on southern Israel and their tweets linking to your blog in the reporting of military activities, to-the-minute updates. "More than 120 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel over the past three days. Updated news, here ..." In another, dare to mix reality with fiction: "Playing war in Call of Duty last night? More than a million Israelis are still under live fire" , they told their nearly 95,000 followers. While traditional media barely had time to update the information, and they told Twitter : "The Israeli army has launched a major campaign sites and terrorists operating in the Gaza Strip." Soon, news of the day: "The first goal, a few minutes ago, has been Jabary Ahmed, the leader of Hamas's military strength" (Tuit that came with a link to the blog, with pictures of him included).

Despite speed, said tuit not been retuietado mass. About 242 times while 18 people have bookmarked. What the media need? Data ... for those who were waiting, there was the army to provide them. Within minutes, on the same channel, distributed the video of the moment of impact on the car Jabary, a profile of a terrorist. E interleaved artifacts reminders fallen in Israel, warnings such as "All options are on the table. If necessary, we are prepared to launch a ground operation in Gaza ". Meanwhile, in the specific account for Spanish speakers (Yes, and also write in French and Arabic besides, of course, in Hebrew ) clarified the name of the operation, in case there were doubts about the correct translation. # PillarofDefense trend became so scorn of many Palestinians who preferred network # GazaUnderAttack. "We encourage Hamas operatives either low or high officials, not to lift the face of the ground in the coming days" (3,970 retweets), added. The answer did not expect. From the account of the armed wing of Hamas@ AlqassamBrigade answered the tweet: "Our blessed hands reach its leaders and soldiers everywhere (You have opened the gates of hell for yourself)" . (575 retweets). While on Gaza spread fear accentuated by nightfall and power outages, and in southern Israel residents of areas near Gaza were going to spend the night in shelters. The Twitter war picked up speed: from words to images. The Brigades hung a harrowing picture of a Palestinian baby semicalcinado in a Gaza hospital. Soon after, with retweets, data were added, the name of the child, who had not yet reached its first year and was the son of a journalist from the BBC. "# PillarOfDefence could be the beginning of the liberation of the occupied territories of Palestine, the homeland of the Palestinians, so we are proud to pay with our lives ", declared in from the Hamas militia.

The 11-month-old Palestinian baby killed in Gaza

The Israeli army launched its material: videos sent rockets on its citiesfrom southern Gaza and others in which shelled the 'strategy' of Hamas: Palestinians fire rockets from schools to impact on Israeli schools. " Himself Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aderezaba the evening ...from his account @ netanyahu published the video of a 17 year oldneighbor called Peace and Ashekelon in describing what living "under the constant threat of attack in Israel". "They just want us to wipe off the face of the earth and have no reservations about harming innocent civilians," Netanyahu added. The blogosphere, as the reality, divided . Some bearing on the unequal balance of fatalities (Palestinians lost) and others justified the operation as necessary to Hamas attacks. The photo of one of the wounded Israeli infants did not spread massively up early in the morning. Same as the houses destroyed by Palestinian rockets. In Spanish, the captain Kaplan presented as "Dear followers, I'm Roni Kaplan, born in Uruguay, based in Israel, I have 3 daughters, I futbolero of law. Your opinion matters to me!" offered: "I am available for interviews with journalists accredited worldwide. The coin has two sides".

Concern?? Despite the undoubted? Greater capacity displayed by the Israeli army beat their messages to those distributed by the Palestinian side? The Israeli army has had, apparently, much in the Network, as do a surprising initiatives obituary of a red-blood- to celebrate the assassination of Hamas leader, or publishing leaflets dropped on Gazain which it asks the population, for your safety, stay away from Hamas terrorists.