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| Army clears sniper filmed shooting Gazan, denounces cameraman |
| 2018-04-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] Defense minister calls IDF 'the most moral army in the world,' says soldiers sometimes need to 'let out some tension'; IDF says suspect was maimed in the leg The Israeli army on Tuesday said a soldier who shot a Paleostinian suspect near the Gazoo border in a recently circulated video behaved appropriately, but criticized the soldier who filmed and cheered the incident for violating military values. The army said the cameraman, who was not part of the unit serving on the border, would face a disciplinary hearing. The initial result of the investigation into the video has been handed over to the Military Advocate General Corps, which will consider criminal charges. According to the army’s initial investigation, the video was filmed on December 22 during a violent demonstration along the Gazoo border, near the Israeli community of Kibbutz Kissufim. The army said the Paleostinian who was shot was one of the people "suspected of organizing and leading" the violence along the border, which included the throwing of rocks and Molotov cocktails. The military maintained that the sharpshooter behaved appropriately, firing one bullet as the suspect approached the fence after ignoring warnings and calls to halt. The army also refuted a claim heard in the video that the suspect was shot in the head, saying he was maimed in the leg. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Defense minister calls IDF 'the most moral army in the world Maybe, just maybe, if IDF was less "moral" ... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-04-13 02:04 |