▁Like wise , ▁react ing ▁to ▁events ▁just ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁March , ▁retired ▁brig ad ier - general ▁Sh l omo ▁B rom ▁declared : ▁" I ▁categor ize ▁what ▁happened ▁as ▁a ▁failure . ▁The ▁Palest in ian ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁raise ▁international ▁conscious ness , ▁and ▁to ▁put ▁the ▁Palest in ian ▁issue ▁back ▁on ▁the ▁international ▁and ▁Isra eli ▁ag enda . ▁It ▁succeeded ." ▁ ▁V eter an ▁Isra eli ▁war ▁correspond ent ▁Ron ▁Ben - Y ish ai ▁compla ined ▁that ▁Ham as ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁media ▁battle ▁partially ▁because ▁the ▁ID F ▁kept ▁local ▁journal ists ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁border , ▁thereby ▁h ind ering ▁Isra eli ▁journal ists ▁from ▁document ing ▁" the ▁crow ds ▁of ▁Gaz ans ▁sent ▁by ▁Ham as ▁to ▁commit ▁suic ide ▁on ▁the ▁f ence ." ▁While ▁massive ▁video ▁report age ▁was ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁Palest in ian ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁f ence , ▁the ▁ID F ▁only ▁provided ▁the ▁press ▁with ▁a ▁" th in ▁dri zz le " ▁of ▁visual ▁evidence , ▁consisting ▁of ▁several ▁dozen ▁unclear ▁images ▁and ▁short ▁cli ps ▁taken ▁from ▁its ▁security ▁camera ▁coverage ▁of ▁the ▁zone . ▁Crit ics ▁like ▁She h ada , ▁Stern - We iner ▁and ▁F inkel stein ▁wonder ▁why , ▁given ▁its ▁visual ▁and ▁video ▁intelligence , ▁the ▁ID F ▁did ▁not ▁but tr ess ▁its ▁claims ▁over ▁armed ▁Ham as ▁activity ▁by ▁providing ▁foot age . ▁ ▁On ▁an ▁ 8 ▁April , ▁BBC ▁News ▁anchor ▁Andrew