The images of that Palestinian child being shot a few months ago was just as bad.
I'm not convinced that the Israelis were responsible for that incident. Photos that I saw appeared to show that the bullet holes in the wall behind the child were not elongated, which SHOULD have been the case given the direction from which the Israelis were firing.
Here's an interesting analysis on the incident:
freerepublic.com
...with accompanying photos and positions discussed.
freerepublic.com
The ultimate allegation is that the boy was "martyred" in the name of the "cause" by a Palestinian gunman. There were bullet holes that appear to be bigger than normally made by a .223 round, but could have been made by a 7.62mm round of the AK-47s.
"The incident in question occurred on Oct. 6, when the boy and his father happened to be walking past the scene of a major battle between Palestinian snipers and Israeli soldiers. Former IDF sniper Yosef Doriel, who initiated the re-enactment, said that he had several reasons to suspect that it was not the Israelis who shot the boy. "For one thing, the boy and his father were hiding behind and to the left of a barrel that was between them and the Israeli forces," he told Arutz-7 today. "In the video clip, you see four clean bullet holes to the side of them. These were not shot by the Israelis - they are 'clean' and full holes, not mere grazes that would have been formed by the 30-degree angle of the Israelis - but rather by Palestinians (stationed more directly in front of the father and son) to make sure that the two would stay put. Suddenly, you see the boy lying down in his father's lap, with another bullet hole in the wall directly behind him - again, it could not have come from the IDF position, which was behind the barrel and to the side, but only from the Palestinian position, which was more directly in front of the father and son. This is the bullet that went through his stomach and out of his back. At that point in the video, you can hear the firing - but the Israeli position was far away! Rather, what happened was that a Palestinian advanced to a spot very close to the photographer, and shot the fatal shot. You can also notice that at that moment of the fatal shots, the photographer suddenly 'shook' and the picture was blurred - a signal that the shots came from close to him."
But needless to say, NEITHER SIDE thought it worthwhile to cease fire until all civilians were out of the free-fire zone.
Hawk
PS: Here's a better link to the photos (pretty gruesome). Note that the bullet holes are not elongated but are round indicating the shots were fired perpendicular to the wall, AND NOT from the indicated 45 degree angle.
latimes.com
abbc.com
Btw, the entire video tape of this incident, taken by a "FrenchTV free-lance photographer" have disappeared and are apparently not available any longer. Some have alleged that at the moment the boy was shot, one could hear the sound of a gunshot from the vicinity of the photographer.
And unfortunately, given the stated encouragement of "martyrdom" for children, I don't put it past the extremists. |
