Israeli minister praises viral video sniper

[timmy_area51]

Israel's defence minister has said an Israeli sniper who shot a Palestinian across the border in Gaza in a controversial video "deserves a medal".

Footage of the incident, in which a soldier expresses joy at having captured it on film, drew condemnation from politicians and rights groups.

Israel's military said the man who was shot had been orchestrating a riot, and he was hit in the leg.

It said the soldiers involved in the filming will be dealt with.

In the video broadcast on Monday, three men are seen nearing a barrier or fence. The crack of an apparent gunshot is heard and one of the men, who had been standing still and appeared to be unarmed, falls to the ground.

A voice is heard to exuberantly declare in Hebrew: "Wow, what a video. Yes! Son of a bitch! What a video!"

A crowd of people are then seen rushing to retrieve the man who was shot. His condition is not clear.

'Unauthorised filming'
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the incident had taken place on 22 December, 2017, in the area of the Israeli community of Kissufim, close to the Gaza border.

It said the video "depicts a short part of the response to a violent riot", and "a single bullet" was fired after other attempts to stop the violence had failed.

 

[Mhmoud]

One day, videos like these will bite back at them. One day we will see justice.

 

[Manidabest]

he needs to get himself checked by a psychiatrist

 

[jewishm]

i understand that israel want the border safe without problems.
cause imagine we let pepole come closer to the fence.
should we let them cut the fence or should we kill 1000 pepole more ?
go ask in any middle eastern country how they treat their borders.