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Israel/Palestine

shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts) Sun May 25, 2014, 02:21 AM May 2014

Israeli soldiers fired on medic trying to save betunia shooting victim

http://mondoweiss.net/2014/05/palestinian-israeli-soldiers.html

After shooting the youth through the chest with live fire, the IDF fired a rubber round at the medic tring to evacuate him. The round itself was actually captured in mid-air before it struck the medic in the head, causing him to reel. The projectile itself is highlighted in red.

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Israeli soldiers fired on medic trying to save betunia shooting victim (Original Post) shaayecanaan May 2014 OP

K&R DeSwiss May 2014 #1

Kick R. Daneel Olivaw May 2014 #2

It's my understanding that rubber bullets R. Daneel Olivaw May 2014 #3

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2014, 06:26 AM

May 2014

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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

2. Kick

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 01:35 PM

May 2014

And if you take a look at the direction of the bullets path it is coming from the IDF a-holes: the same direction that the lethal fire came from.

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)

3. It's my understanding that rubber bullets

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 12:29 PM

May 2014

are not supposed to be aimed directly at your target but at the ground in front of them so as to bounce first then hit.

But we all know that the IDF is the most moral army...

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