Graphic Video Allegedly Shows Wounded Civilian Killed by Israeli Sniper
This comes amid reports that Israel’s military is using indiscriminate weaponry in civilian areas.
Click here for reuse options!The video, which couldn’t be independently verified, was released by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), along with pictures of destroyed ambulances.
“We all just watched a man murdered in front of us,” said Joe Catron, an American ISM activist in Gaza who confirmed his account to Newsweek.
“He was trying to reach his family in Shuja’iya. He had not heard from them and was worried about them. They shot him and then continued to fire as he was on the ground,” Catron added.
The footage comes after the most violent 24 hours of the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip so far, with 65 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers killed. Witnesses in the Shuja’iya neighbourhood reported streets littered with bodies after intense shelling. The IDF has released a number of graphics on Twitter illustrating Shuja’iya as a “terrorist fortress.”
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Bob Waas July 21st, 2014 at 21:59
Israel is the victim in this conflict. Hamas started this mess and don’t care who gets killed.
This is the best explanation for the conflict. http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/charles-krauthammer
Robert_in_Japan July 24th, 2014 at 07:06
So Israel is like going to kill its way out of this problem. How many civilians dead now? I believe the number hovers around the high hundreds? So like how many dead would make Israel, oh god’s chosen people, happy for this summer, as this always happens in summer. And for next summer, how many? And let’s cut to the end, when is Israel’s final solution of these Palestinans as they so seem to want it.
Bob Waas July 24th, 2014 at 10:59
Get a grip, and while you’re at it try to grasp reality. Whenever a cease fire is brokered, Israel agrees and honors it, Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel. When you’re dealing with a group whose sole desire is to wipe you off the face of the map, you have no choice but to use enough force to change their mind.
Remember, Israel didn’t start this conflict.
Why you’re sympathetic towards savage Islamic terrorists is beyond understanding. What kind of response would you have if a neighbor continuously fire life threatening explosives into your property; without regard to your children who are playing peacefully there?
In case you missed it, here is some clarity on the conflict.
By Charles Krauthammer Opinion writer July 17
Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.
“Here’s the difference between us,” explains the Israeli prime minister. “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”
Charles Krauthammer writes a weekly political column that runs on Fridays. View Archive
Rarely does international politics present a moment of such moral clarity. Yet we routinely hear this Israel-Gaza fighting described as a morally equivalent “cycle of violence.” This is absurd. What possible interest can Israel have in cross-border fighting? Everyone knows Hamas set off this mini-war. And everyone knows the proudly self-declared raison d’etre of Hamas: the eradication of Israel and its Jews.
Apologists for Hamas attribute the blood lust to the Israeli occupation and blockade. Occupation? Does no one remember anything? It was less than 10 years ago that worldwide television showed the Israeli army pulling die-hard settlers off synagogue roofs in Gaza as Israel uprooted its settlements, expelled its citizens, withdrew its military and turned every inch of Gaza over to the Palestinians. There was not a soldier, not a settler, not a single Israeli left in Gaza.
And there was no blockade. On the contrary. Israel wanted this new Palestinian state to succeed. To help the Gaza economy, Israel gave the Palestinians its 3,000 greenhouses that had produced fruit and flowers for export. It opened border crossings and encouraged commerce.
Bob Waas July 21st, 2014 at 21:59
Israel is the victim in this conflict. Hamas started this mess and don’t care who gets killed.
This is the best explanation for the conflict. http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/charles-krauthammer
Robert_in_Japan July 24th, 2014 at 07:06
So Israel is like going to kill its way out of this problem. How many civilians dead now? I believe the number hovers around the high hundreds? So like how many dead would make Israel, oh god’s chosen people, happy for this summer, as this always happens in summer. And for next summer, how many? And let’s cut to the end, when is Israel’s final solution of these Palestinans as they so seem to want it.
Bob Waas July 24th, 2014 at 10:59
Get a grip, and while you’re at it try to grasp reality. Whenever a cease fire is brokered, Israel agrees and honors it, Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel. When you’re dealing with a group whose sole desire is to wipe you off the face of the map, you have no choice but to use enough force to change their mind.
Remember, Israel didn’t start this conflict.
Why you’re sympathetic towards savage Islamic terrorists is beyond understanding. What kind of response would you have if a neighbor continuously fire life threatening explosives into your property; without regard to your children who are playing peacefully there?
In case you missed it, here is some clarity on the conflict.
By Charles Krauthammer Opinion writer July 17
Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.
“Here’s the difference between us,” explains the Israeli prime minister. “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”
Charles Krauthammer writes a weekly political column that runs on Fridays. View Archive
Rarely does international politics present a moment of such moral clarity. Yet we routinely hear this Israel-Gaza fighting described as a morally equivalent “cycle of violence.” This is absurd. What possible interest can Israel have in cross-border fighting? Everyone knows Hamas set off this mini-war. And everyone knows the proudly self-declared raison d’etre of Hamas: the eradication of Israel and its Jews.
Apologists for Hamas attribute the blood lust to the Israeli occupation and blockade. Occupation? Does no one remember anything? It was less than 10 years ago that worldwide television showed the Israeli army pulling die-hard settlers off synagogue roofs in Gaza as Israel uprooted its settlements, expelled its citizens, withdrew its military and turned every inch of Gaza over to the Palestinians. There was not a soldier, not a settler, not a single Israeli left in Gaza.
And there was no blockade. On the contrary. Israel wanted this new Palestinian state to succeed. To help the Gaza economy, Israel gave the Palestinians its 3,000 greenhouses that had produced fruit and flowers for export. It opened border crossings and encouraged commerce.
Chas July 21st, 2014 at 22:08
It has been verified and documented by many witnesses: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/beautiful-brother-looking.html
burqa July 21st, 2014 at 22:57
Good thing the “verification” came from unbiased observers without an agenda:
“Joe Catron is a US activist in Gaza, Palestine, where he works with Palestinian groups and international solidarity networks, particularly in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and prisoners’ movements. He co-edited The Prisoners’ Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange, “
Chas July 21st, 2014 at 22:08
It has been verified and documented by many witnesses: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/beautiful-brother-looking.html
burqa July 21st, 2014 at 22:57
Good thing the “verification” came from unbiased observers without an agenda:
“Joe Catron is a US activist in Gaza, Palestine, where he works with Palestinian groups and international solidarity networks, particularly in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and prisoners’ movements. He co-edited The Prisoners’ Diaries: Palestinian Voices from the Israeli Gulag, an anthology of accounts by detainees freed in the 2011 prisoner exchange, ”
Going through their blog posts reveals a significant bias.
This is like expecting to get unbiased reporting on the Tea Party from Hannity, Limbaugh and Free Republic.
Speaking of Hannity, has he kept his word yet and been waterboarded?
burqa July 21st, 2014 at 22:22
One wonders when we will have a blog post about Hamas rockets fired to intentionally cause civilian casualties…..
Glen July 22nd, 2014 at 00:07
I find it quite curious how you’re so happy to dismiss this stuff as nothing but bias… and then say something like “But I guess we can take the word of people dedicated to mass murder of civilians and who refuse to negotiate for peace and have no record of trying to achieve their aims through nonviolence. Oh, and they are so busy trying to kill civilians that they have no time to properly administer their jurisdictions the way civilized people do.”
Hypocrisy much?
burqa July 23rd, 2014 at 13:37
Nope.
What I said is accurate.
The source given to support the allegation was an obviously biased website run by 2 people with an obviously biased agenda.
Of COURSE I dismiss it, note the comparison I made.
The blurring of the lines between real journalism and editorializing by those with an agenda goes back to Watergate.* Some Republicans and conservatives w there is some sort of equivalenceere able to come to terms with the venality of Nixon and his coterie of crooks. Goldwater would be one who assigned responsibility where it was due. Other, more craven sorts, decided that it was somehow the fault of the Washington Post and the New York Times. This way, they didn’t have to club one of their own when asked and at the same time they could slip any blame from being even remotely connected to swine like Haldeman, Erlichman and the rest.
Limbaugh came along in the late 70s and tapped into this vein of responsibility-ducking. By continually ranting about Left-wing bias in the media (not understanding how corporations operate), Limbaugh sowed doubt in the reporting of the better journalists and with the same stroke increased his audience by convincing them he was giving them the straight story.
Other Right-wing pundits have long done the same and now we have people who think there is some sort of equivalence between editorial blog opinion that tends to discard inconvenient facts and real journalism. Real journalism not only reports facts or elements to a story, but they typically use a variety of sources and employ a sort of analysis to give proper weight to various things in the story.
* Always fun to play the Watergate card.
Tom Ward July 22nd, 2014 at 03:54
You can see dust from a bullet hitting the ground behind him around 2:53. I don’t think it’s fake, not sure how many times he was hit but he was definitely being shot at.
greenfloyd July 22nd, 2014 at 04:05
Hamas is a hard nut to crack. I am as frustrated as you and everyone else who has watched this latest battle in this ancient war. From what I gather, some corporate media may have reason to fear digging too deep and offending certain ME states (and the international arms suppliers that love them) who provide most of Hamas its funding, weapons and propaganda tools.
This is a very serious issue because it appears Hamas is determined to see this thing through, even it cost the life of every Palestinian. They have become craven, like mad dogs. The only effective way to control them is to isolate their supporters, much like what we’re now doing with Russia.
burqa July 23rd, 2014 at 13:47
I think what is needed is for a charismatic figure to emerge among the Palestinians to lead a peace movement. Someone needs to energize the majority of the public to say ‘enough!’
Hamas and other groups have always made sure to prevent peace talks from even taking place and have acted to prevent the goal of peace dominating public sentiment.
If they had peace, they would then have no wedge issue to distract from the miserable job they have done administering even a small chunk of land that is Gaza. That beachfront property is ideally suited for high-end resorts to provide employment and income for the government. But the constant push for war, war, and more war and the destruction it brings the Palestinians precludes any such development.
It is clear that any grant of nationhood would lead these people to just use the country as a base to attack Israel and the Palestinians will continue languishing in misery and deprivation.
Hamas and the Palestinian leadership are just not ready to join the community of nations as a responsible state. They just aren’t.
This is tragic, because the Palestinians deserve better.
burqa July 21st, 2014 at 22:22
One wonders when we will have a blog post about Hamas rockets fired to intentionally cause civilian casualties…..
EDIT: I watched the video a couple times and didn’t see the guy shot. I just saw one young man carried off on a stretcher. Then there was a bunch of shaky video and then some guy laying there, and I didn’t see any Israeli soldiers.
But I guess we can take the word of people dedicated to mass murder of civilians and who refuse to negotiate for peace and have no record of trying to achieve their aims through nonviolence. Oh, and they are so busy trying to kill civilians that they have no time to properly administer their jurisdictions the way civilized people do.
Glen July 22nd, 2014 at 00:07
I find it quite curious how you’re so happy to dismiss this stuff as nothing but bias… and then say something like “But I guess we can take the word of people dedicated to mass murder of civilians and who refuse to negotiate for peace and have no record of trying to achieve their aims through nonviolence. Oh, and they are so busy trying to kill civilians that they have no time to properly administer their jurisdictions the way civilized people do.”
Hypocrisy much?
burqa July 23rd, 2014 at 13:37
Nope.
What I said is accurate.
The source given to support the allegation was an obviously biased website run by 2 people with an obviously biased agenda.
Of COURSE I dismiss it, note the comparison I made.
The blurring of the lines between real journalism and editorializing by those with an agenda goes back to Watergate.* Some Republicans and conservatives w there is some sort of equivalenceere able to come to terms with the venality of Nixon and his coterie of crooks. Goldwater would be one who assigned responsibility where it was due. Other, more craven sorts, decided that it was somehow the fault of the Washington Post and the New York Times. This way, they didn’t have to club one of their own when asked and at the same time they could slip any blame from being even remotely connected to swine like Haldeman, Erlichman and the rest.
Limbaugh came along in the late 70s and tapped into this vein of responsibility-ducking. By continually ranting about Left-wing bias in the media (not understanding how corporations operate), Limbaugh sowed doubt in the reporting of the better journalists and with the same stroke increased his audience by convincing them he was giving them the straight story.
Other Right-wing pundits have long done the same and now we have people who think there is some sort of equivalence between editorial blog opinion that tends to discard inconvenient facts and real journalism. Real journalism not only reports facts or elements to a story, but they typically use a variety of sources and employ a sort of analysis to give proper weight to various things in the story.
* Always fun to play the Watergate card.
Tom Ward July 22nd, 2014 at 03:54
You can see dust from a bullet hitting the ground behind him around 2:53. I don’t think it’s fake, not sure how many times he was hit but he was definitely being shot at.
floyd[@]greenfloyd.org July 22nd, 2014 at 04:05
Hamas is a hard nut to crack. I am as frustrated as you and everyone else who has watched this latest battle in this ancient war. From what I gather, some corporate media may have reason to fear digging too deep and offending certain ME states (and the international arms suppliers that love them) who provide most of Hamas its funding, weapons and propaganda tools.
This is a very serious issue because it appears Hamas is determined to see this thing through, even it cost the life of every Palestinian. They have become craven, like mad dogs. The only effective way to control them is to isolate their supporters, much like what we’re now doing with Russia.
burqa July 23rd, 2014 at 13:47
I think what is needed is for a charismatic figure to emerge among the Palestinians to lead a peace movement. Someone needs to energize the majority of the public to say ‘enough!’
Hamas and other groups have always made sure to prevent peace talks from even taking place and have acted to prevent the goal of peace dominating public sentiment.
If they had peace, they would then have no wedge issue to distract from the miserable job they have done administering even a small chunk of land that is Gaza. That beachfront property is ideally suited for high-end resorts to provide employment and income for the government. But the constant push for war, war, and more war and the destruction it brings the Palestinians precludes any such development.
It is clear that any grant of nationhood would lead these people to just use the country as a base to attack Israel and the Palestinians will continue languishing in misery and deprivation.
Hamas and the Palestinian leadership are just not ready to join the community of nations as a responsible state. They just aren’t.
This is tragic, because the Palestinians deserve better.
From the PLO and Fatah, to their offshoot Black September and Islamic Jihad, as well as other groups, were all formed with the notion of conducting war upon civilians as the only means to achieve their goals. They have never tried nonviolence or the sort of peaceful civil disobedience we’ve seen elsewhere from Gandhi onward.
They need to grow up and when they do, they may join the community of nations.
Kevin July 21st, 2014 at 23:52
I assume the victim got a text message from the shooter warning him that he was a target. I mean they wouldn’t want to intentionally kill a civilian.
Kevin July 21st, 2014 at 23:52
I assume the victim got a text message from the shooter warning him that he was a target. I mean they wouldn’t want to intentionally kill a civilian.
fancypants July 22nd, 2014 at 03:13
Due to the un-graphic content I give this video ** out of 5 stars for bad acting :(
fancypants July 22nd, 2014 at 03:13
Due to the un-graphic content I give this video ** out of 5 stars for bad acting :(
fahvel July 22nd, 2014 at 05:01
the chosen people raise their ugly heads!
fahvel July 22nd, 2014 at 05:01
the chosen people raise their ugly heads!
mea_mark July 22nd, 2014 at 08:45
Near worthless video.
mea_mark July 22nd, 2014 at 08:45
Near worthless video.
Pistol-Packing July 22nd, 2014 at 08:49
There is very few if anything I believe that comes from Hamas or any organization that supports them. Palestinians are their own worst enemy sometimes. By continuing to support Hamas, they continue to create their own misery. As long as there is no viable partner for peace, you will never have any. And as long as the other Arab countries continue to refuse Israelis right to exist. This conflict will continue.
But interesting how Jordan and Egypt both have peace deals and live side by side, and actually make the relationship work.
Pistol-Packing July 22nd, 2014 at 08:49
There is very few if anything I believe that comes from Hamas or any organization that supports them. Palestinians are their own worst enemy sometimes. By continuing to support Hamas, they continue to create their own misery. As long as there is no viable partner for peace, you will never have any. And as long as the other Arab countries continue to refuse Israelis right to exist. This conflict will continue.
But interesting how Jordan and Egypt both have peace deals and live side by side, and actually make the relationship work.