A former Israeli sniper says that soldiers had crossed a ‘red line’ in Gaza, one that he thought was never going to be crossed
Nadav Weiman, who was with an Israeli sniper unit a decade ago, told Sky News: “We see IDF snipers shooting at unarmed Palestinians when they are 300m away from the fence….That’s a huge change from when I was a sniper and I think that this is a red line that I personally thought we were never going to cross” .
Business Insider reports: The Israeli veteran now works for Breaking the Silence, a nonprofit made up of former Israeli soldiers who aim to shed light on the realities of the situation in the region.
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On Monday, 60 Palestinian demonstrators were killed during clashes with Israeli troops along the Gaza-Israel border amid protests over the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem.
There have been ongoing protests in Gaza since March. These demonstrations, dubbed the “Great Return March,” are linked to the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel in 1948 — known to Palestinians as Nakba Day (May — which sparked a war that saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee or be expelled from their homes.
Trump’s decision to move the US’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem (which Palestinians also claim as their capital) exacerbated the protests.
Since the protests began in March, 107 Palestinians have been killed and roughly 12,300 more wounded. Some Palestinian demonstrators have resorted to violence, but there have been no Israeli casualties.
Over this period, there have been multiple reports of sniper fire against unarmed protesters and even video documenting such incidents.
Israel has stood by its use of live fire against the demonstrators, maintaining that it only seeks to defend its borders.
This week, the Trump administration has repeatedly blamed the violence in Gaza on the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, and has fervently supported Israel’s right to defend itself.
But the United Nations has condemned Israel’s recent use of force, and key US allies in Europe – including the UK, France and Germany – have expressed concern over the violence.
Niamh Harris
as i understand it in fact Jerusalem is an independent city state like London City and isnt part of Israel so to make it Israels capital is to make Israel its subject .And as i understand it the King of Spain is claimant the Throne of Jerusalem so the Jews become his subjects Is that what Mr Netanyahu is wanting then?Why dont the people seem to be aware of the situation ?Who is deceiving or misleading them and why?
Rather than misleading, why are they not publicising this information. This is the worlds only empire that is so disgusting in its aims, even its main players abide by the too embarrassed to be public about themselves over those they have conquered. No other time in history could you enter any empire and not know who was in charge (at least as far as we know this scam could be millennia old)
I bet they took that poor wounded girl home and everyone raped her.