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<h1 class="reader-title">‘Damning Evidence’ of War Crimes in
Gaza: Israeli Soldiers Compete to Break Legs of Palestinian
Protesters</h1>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">March 6, 2020<br>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Palestinians
evacuate a wounded demonstrator during a protest at
the fence separating Gaza from Israel. (Photo: File)</figcaption>
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<p><strong>By <a
href="http://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff"
title="Display all articles for Palestine Chronicle
Staff">Palestine Chronicle Staff</a></strong></p>
<p><span>A report published in the Israeli daily
newspaper, Haaretz on Friday revealed harrowing
details of the military protocol followed by Israeli
army snipers who have killed over 300 Palestinian
protesters and wounded thousands more at the fence
separating besieged Gaza from Israel. </span></p>
<p><span>The report, written by Israeli journalist Hilo
Glazer included testimonies of six Israeli snipers who
took part in the ongoing army violence targeting
peaceful protesters in Gaza, who, starting in March
2018, gathered at the fence demanding an end to the
Israeli siege. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">100 <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinians</a>
were injured by Israeli snipers in the Great March of
Return yesterday. This week's protest was held in
support of Al-Aqsa (Photos by Abdallah Aljamal, the
Palestine Chronicle) <a
href="https://t.co/nwsjumjp66">pic.twitter.com/nwsjumjp66</a></p>
<p>— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a
href="https://twitter.com/PalestineChron/status/1165173866966204416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August
24, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>‘Eden’, a fictitious name for one of the
soldiers, spoke about breaking a record that made him
stand out among his fellow soldiers.</span></p>
<p><span>“Eden says he broke the ‘<a
href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-a-young-gazan-s-dream-amputated-1.7414470">knee
record</a>’ in the demonstration that took place on
the day the new US Embassy in Jerusalem was
inaugurated on May 14, 2018”. </span></p>
<p><span>Eden said:</span></p>
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<p><span>“On that day, our pair had the largest number
of hits, 42 in all. My locator wasn’t supposed to
shoot, but I gave him a break, because we were
getting close to the end of our stint, and he didn’t
have knees. In the end you want to leave with the
feeling that you did something, that you weren’t a
sniper during exercises only. So, after I had a few
hits, I suggested to him that we switch. He got
around 28 knees there, I’d say.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinians</a>
take part in "No to Annexing the West Bank" Friday as
part of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip
(Photos by Abdallah Aljamal, the Palestine Chronicle)
<a href="https://t.co/LsUsFVeMDa">pic.twitter.com/LsUsFVeMDa</a></p>
<p>— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a
href="https://twitter.com/PalestineChron/status/1139953289028616193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June
15, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>Another soldier told Haaretz: </span></p>
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<p><span>“There was a Palestinian who looked like he was
about 20, who didn’t stop moving around. Pink shirt,
gray pants. What they do is run-run-run, and then
end up in the concertina wire. He was really good at
it. In that situation you can finish him off or hit
someone behind him. I clearly remember being worried
about missing his leg – and then feeling relief
(sic) that I made a precise hit.”</span></p>
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<p><span>Referring to the shooting of Palestinian minors,
Eden said: </span></p>
<p><span>“Sometimes it really is hard to tell the
difference (between minors and adults). You look at
facial features, height, body mass. Clothing is also a
certain index. The younger ones are usually wearing
T-shirts. But listen, a 16-year-old can cause you
harm, too. If he presents a threat, the age parameter
is not necessarily relevant.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Gaza: Great March of Return
Continues for 7th Week in Row (PHOTOS) – Palestine
Chronicle <a href="https://t.co/nzrVgPki8c">https://t.co/nzrVgPki8c</a>
<a href="https://t.co/xvOjcPxIFE">pic.twitter.com/xvOjcPxIFE</a></p>
<p>— Gaza West Bank (@GazaWestBank) <a
href="https://twitter.com/GazaWestBank/status/995305419282132992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May
12, 2018</a></p>
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<p><span>When, after 16 months of protests, the Israeli
army allegedly decided to alter its guidelines for
snipers and asked them to aim at the ankle to avoid an
even higher number of fatalities, Israeli snipers
weren’t happy. </span></p>
<p><span>“There was a stage when the order really was to
aim at the ankle,” Eden said. “I didn’t like that
change. Believe in your snipers. To me, it felt like
they were trying to make our life harder for no
reason.”</span></p>
<p><span>Another soldier, </span><span>Amir: “</span><span>A
terrorist who deserves to die is standing opposite me,
but because we have to justify ourselves to Haaretz or
to the BBC, he gets out of it without a scratch.
Cowardice is created that trickles down.</span><span>”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">‘Fighter of <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Return?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Return</a>’:
Thoughts on Razan al-Najjar and Nikki <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Haley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Haley</a>
<a href="https://t.co/7k7EreaLtY">https://t.co/7k7EreaLtY</a>
via <a
href="https://twitter.com/PalestineChron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PalestineChron</a>
<a href="https://t.co/83zCKWcUxv">pic.twitter.com/83zCKWcUxv</a></p>
<p>— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) <a
href="https://twitter.com/PalestineChron/status/1013724035014938624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July
2, 2018</a></p>
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<p><span>“I believe I was on the right side and that I did
the right thing,” he insisted, “because if not for us,
the terrorists would try to cross the fence. It’s
obvious to you that there is a reason that you’re
there.”</span></p>
<p><span>“Not that we didn’t have enough evidence to
indict the Israeli army and government for ordering
and executing this kind of human rights violations and
war crimes,” Palestinian writer and editor of the
Palestine Chronicle, Ramzy Baroud said, “but now we
have damning evidence published in Israel’s own media
that should be more than enough to put many of these
criminals behind bars.” </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Many of these Palestinian
amputees were injured by Israeli snipers during the
Great March of Return protests.</p>
<p>This unique project provides them training for
another shot at football. <a
href="https://t.co/JD3sXIVUnO">pic.twitter.com/JD3sXIVUnO</a></p>
<p>— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a
href="https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1125497966582591489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May
6, 2019</a></p>
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<p><span>“The bloodbath that has taken place at the fence
of a besieged and war-fatigued Gaza should be the
center of the ICC’s investigation of Israeli war
crimes,” Baroud said referring to the decision by the
International Criminal Court Chief, Fatou Bensouda on
December 20, 2019, to investigate alleged war crimes
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. </span></p>
<p><span>Aside from the hundreds of dead and thousands of
wounded, hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza have been
maimed for life. </span></p>
<p><em><span>(The Palestine Chronicle)</span></em></p>
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