Rules of Engagment
Now I am no military scholar I am not well versed in all aspects of combat or the rules of engagement. However I did assume that the rules of engagement stipulated that you did not fire until you were fired upon, at least with the US military. Apparently this doesnt apply for the brave(sarcastic) Israeli Defense Forces. While on an illegal raid into the West Bank town of Hebron today, IDF forces shot and killed a 15 year old with a toy gun. Below is the report which I got off of Al Jazeera online.
Palestinian With Toy Gun Shot Dead
Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, mistaking him for a gunman.
Seems to me like this action was a shoot first case one which Israel is famous for. Not to mention a military that is also famous for taunting Palestinians with vulgar comments and the like to incite them to throw rocks so they may fire upon them. For more on Israeli crimes you can go here or here. My personal favorite Israeli crime can be found at this link about the USS Liberty. For those of you not familiar the USS Liberty is a US Ship that was attacked by IDF forces in the attack 34 men were killed and 297 wounded, but as Israel said, it was just an honest mistake. I encourage reading it, get the real story.
Palestinian With Toy Gun Shot Dead
Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, mistaking him for a gunman.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said troops "saw armed men and fired at one of them", thinking he was holding an assault rifle, but further checks showed that he had in fact been holding a toy gun.
A Palestinian hospital official also confirmed that the 15-year-old boy had been killed by soldiers in Hebron's Loza district on Tuesday.
Seems to me like this action was a shoot first case one which Israel is famous for. Not to mention a military that is also famous for taunting Palestinians with vulgar comments and the like to incite them to throw rocks so they may fire upon them. For more on Israeli crimes you can go here or here. My personal favorite Israeli crime can be found at this link about the USS Liberty. For those of you not familiar the USS Liberty is a US Ship that was attacked by IDF forces in the attack 34 men were killed and 297 wounded, but as Israel said, it was just an honest mistake. I encourage reading it, get the real story.
posted by the meathaus at 3:11 PM
2 Comments:
That's all well and good, but IMO, it's a terrible idea to be running around a war-zone with a toy gun.
No doubt it is a terrible idea, I would hardly call it a warzone however. I would call it shooting fish in a barrel. Israel blocks them into tiny areas, then raids the tiny areas. I guess the main issue is the presence of the Israeli millitary in what is supposed to be an autonomous area but in reality is a large and efficient prison.
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