sabato 7 dicembre 2013
Un giovane palestinese è stato colpito in entrambe le gambe da un fucile silenziato sparato da un soldato israeliano su una torre di guardia in cima al muro di separazione, Betlemme, 6 dicembre 2013. (Foto: Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Activestills.org)
Due palestinesi sono stati uccisi con proiettili veri sparati da un fucile Venerdì. I fucili sono stati usati dai cecchini israeliani di stanza in cima al muro di separazione durante gli scontri nella città di Betlemme. Gli scontri avvengono quasi ogni giorno a Betlemme Aida Refugee Camp dopo che tre militanti palestinesi sono stati uccisi in Yatta dai soldati israeliani la scorsa settimana. Venerdì scorso con proiettili veri.
Questa settimana proiettoli veri sono stati usati contro i palestinesi a Betlemme prima della sparatoria di oggi che ne ha ferito due. Un proiettile ha attraversato entrambe le gambe (sopra le ginocchia) del giovane palestinese.
da un fucile silenziato Betlemme, 6 dic 2013. (Foto: Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Activestills.org)
Un rapporto Mairav Zonszein all’inizio di quest’anno ha mostrato che l”esercito ha utilizzato lo stesso tipo di munizioni quando ha ferito gravemente un ragazzo di 13 anni:
Il portavoce IDF mi ha detto che i militari hanno sparato ciò che essi definiscono munizioni vive (da non confondersi con i metodi autorizzati per disperdere la folla come i proiettili di gomma a volte letali) solo dopo che “granate improvvisate” sono state scagliate contro di loro; regole standard IDF di ingaggio. …
Tuttavia il tipo dei proiettili calibro 0,22 sparato da un Ruger 10/22 fucile, è stato vietato dall’ avvocato generale militare nel 2001 come mezzo per disperdere la folla, perchè può essere letale. Nonostante sia vietato questo proiettile è ancora in uso e uccide. Nel 2009 ha ucciso un adolescente a Hebron e un manifestante in Nil’in nel mese di giugno. …
Il portavoce dell’IDF ha rifiutato di confermare o negare quali siano i proiettili usati , ma il sito di notizie Ynet conferma che una pistola Ruger IDF è stata usata per sparare i proiettili calibro .22 come “ultima risorsa”, autorizzata da un ufficiale di alto rango .
,Betlemme, 6 dicembre 2013. (Foto: Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Activestills.org).
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By Activestills
PHOTOS: Israeli forces shoot Palestinians with live fire in Bethlehem
A young Palestinian man is evacuated after being shot through both legs with live ammunition from an Israeli soldier in a tower atop the separation wall, Bethlehem, December 6, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
Israeli forces shot two Palestinians with live ammunition on Friday. The weapons, presumed to be suppressed Ruger .22 caliber rifles, were used by Israeli soldiers stationed atop the separation wall during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Clashes have taken place almost every day in Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp since three Palestinian militants were killed in Yatta by Israeli soldiers last week. Last Friday, two Palestinians in Aida Camp were shot with live ammunition.
This week saw several more incidents of live ammunition used against Palestinians in Bethlehem before Friday’s shootings which wounded two. In the second shooting Friday, a bullet passed through both legs (above the knees) of the young Palestinian man.
A young Palestinian young man receives medical treatment after being shot through both legs with live ammunition from a silenced rifle fired by an Israeli soldier in a tower atop the separation wall, Bethlehem, December 6, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
A report by Mairav Zonszein earlier this year showed the army using same form of ammunition when it seriously injured a 13-year-old boy:
The IDF spokesperson told me that they proceeded to shoot what they define as live ammunition (as distinct from accepted crowd dispersal methods, which include sometimes-lethal rubber-coated bullets) at the Palestinian “main inciters” only after “makeshift grenades” were hurled at them; standard IDF rules of engagement. …
However, the a specific type of bullet, the small .22 caliber bullets shot by a Ruger 10/22 rifle, were banned by the Israel military advocate general in 2001 as a means for crowd dispersal, because even though they are small, they can be lethal. Despite being banned as crowd dispersal methods, this bullet is still being used on various occasions during protests, and it kills. In 2009 it killed a teenager in Hebron and a protestor in Nil’in in June. …
The IDF spokesperson refused to confirm or deny to me what bullets were used or which bullets hit which Palestinian children, but a report on the Ynet news site confirms that an IDF Ruger gun was used to shoot the .22 caliber bullets, banned for use in crowd control, in this incident – and that it was used as a “last resort,” authorized by a high-ranking officer on the scene.
A Palestinian youth aims his slingshot at a tower in the Israeli separation wall, Bethlehem, December 6, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
It would seem that the “rules of engagement” since February’s shooting have either changed or are being ignored. In both the shootings last week in Aida Camp and today on Bethlehem’s Hebron Road, eyewitnesses reported no use of Molotov cocktails or “improvised grenades” by Palestinians before the Israeli sniper opened fire. In each case, Palestinian youth were throwing stones at the concrete separation wall and watchtowers.
In today’s shooting on Hebron Road, Israeli forces used no tear gas or rubber-coated bullets. Live ammunition was the first response and not a “last resort.” These latest incidents seem to create an emerging pattern that the use of such weapons for crowd-dispersal are not the exception, but are becoming a matter of routine.
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