No, they weren't stupid enough to plant themselves in front of an Israeli bulldozer that was about to destroy a house hiding a tunnel used for arms smuggling. That wouldn't be irony, it would be more futile, ignorant, amoral, senseless idiocy. No, they were nearly kidnapped by Palestinian freedom fighters murderous thugs. Wonder why we aren't hearing more about this?

In a separate incident on Wednesday which further underscored the growing lawlessness in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian gunmen burst into a house in and tried to kidnap the parents of Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an IDF bulldozer in 2003 as she protested the impending demolition of a house in the southern Gaza town, according to their host.

The five gunmen, who also appeared to be affiliated to the ruling Fatah movement, eventually relented after being told who their targets were, according to Samir Nasrallah, in whose house the couple was staying.

Corrie was crushed to death by an IDF bulldozer in 2003 as she tried to stop it from demolishing Nasrallah's house. Her parents, Craig and Cindy, have repeatedly visited Nasrallah since. They left Gaza safely after the incident, Nasrallah said.