- '42 knees in one day': Israeli snipers open up about shooting Gaza protesters Archived Message
- '42 knees in one day': Israeli snipers open up about shooting Gaza protesters - Mary March 7, 2020, 9:39 am
- But in the instance of the "improper shooting at a sheep" justice was swift - Der March 7, 2020, 10:00 am
- sickening - Ian M March 7, 2020, 7:36 pm
- But in the instance of the "improper shooting at a sheep" justice was swift - Der March 7, 2020, 10:00 am
Posted by Mary
on March 7, 2020, 9:39 am
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Over 200 Palestinians were killed and nearly 8,000 were injured during almost two years of weekly protests at the Israel-Gaza border. Israeli army snipers tell their stories Mar. 6, 2020 I know exactly how many knees I’ve hit, says Eden, who completed his service in the Israel Defense Forces as a sniper in its Golani infantry brigade six months ago. For much of the time, he was stationed along the border with the Gaza Strip. His assignment: to repel Palestinian demonstrators who approached the fence. “I kept the casing of every round I fired,” he says. “I have them in my room. So I don’t have to make an estimate – I know: 52 definite hits.” But there are also “non-definite” hits, right? “There were incidents when the bullet didn’t stop and also hit the knee of someone behind [the one I aimed at]. Those are mistakes that happen.” Is 52 a lot? “I haven’t really thought about it. It’s not hundreds of liquidations like in the movie ‘American Sniper’: We’re talking about knees. I’m not making light of it, I shot a human being, but still ...” Where do you stand in comparison to others who served in your battalion? “From the point of view of hits, I have the most. In my battalion they would say: ‘Look, here comes the killer.’ When I came back from the field, they would ask, ‘Well, how many today?’ You have to understand that before we showed up, knees were the hardest thing to rack up. There was a story about one sniper who had 11 knees all told, and people thought no one could outdo him. And then I brought in seven-eight knees in one day. Within a few hours, I almost broke his record.”' Yards more of it on http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium.MAGAZINE-42-knees-in-one-day-israeli-snipers-open-up-about-shooting-gaza-protesters-1.8632555 Boasting from a psychopath. |
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