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April 11, 2018

Israeli Military Censures Soldiers Who Cheered After Shooting Palestinian Man in Gaza
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The Israeli military has censured Israeli soldiers who cheered after one
of them shot an unarmed Palestinian man who was standing, motionless, in
Gaza, on the other side of a heavily militarized barrier a few months
ago in a video that has now gone viral. The video captures the sound of
a gunshot, the Palestinian man falling to the ground, and then a voice
shouting in Hebrew, "Wow, what a video! Yes! Son of a bitch!" Despite
denouncing the soldiers for filming the shooting and celebrating it, the
Israeli military defended the shooting itself. Israeli Defense Minister
Avigdor Lieberman said the Israeli sniper who shot the Palestinian
across the border "deserves a medal."


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