IDF sniper shoots seven yr old
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IDF sniper shoots seven yr old
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IDF snipers ... " A special breed " |
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Anatomy of a typical attack
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Merkva tanks enter village firing indiscriminately - next the village is put on a 24 hr curfew. In the morning the IDF blocks village entrances with tanks while APC and IDF jeeps enter shooting and arresting any civilians.As civilians look out their windows the snipers will select targets. |
IDF plant snipers in empty buildings
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The night before the raid The army had entered Balata camp on the previous night and occupied three houses - one in central Balata near where Khaled was shot and two others at high strategic points. |
Balata refugee camp
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Sniper post used to target kid An ISM team studied the angle of the bullet and determined this to be the sniper's lair. Sand bags, empty cartridges and waste were found at the window. In the next room were piles of feces where the IDF had relieved themselves. |
Tanks stop ambulances
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The actual incident A shot rang out - 20 seconds later we heard some women wailing and a man carried a young child out into the street right next to us who was covered in blood. As he walked toward an ambulance a jeep raced up and pinned him to a shop front, while another jeep blocked the way of the ambulance. Then all hell broke lose as angry residents charged the IDF jeeps and the soldiers retreated. Within a minute other jeeps arrived with tens of IDF who leaped out and began firing into the crowds. The ambulancemen managed to get the man and boy into the ambulance, but the jeeps
manouvered again to block the ambulance. As the crowds overpowered the Israelis they were
forced to retreat and the ambulanes left. |
Khalil Walwil dies
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The boy was rushed to Balikl Hospital
in Nablus where sugeons tried to revive him. Dr Kalil said the wound was too massive -
severing arteries and the spine. |
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