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December 31, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/world/middleeast/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html

When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?

(New York Times) David M. Halbfinger - The Times' reconstruction confirmed: The bullet hit the ground in front of the medics, then fragmented, part of it ricocheting upward and piercing Ms. Najjar's chest. It was fired from a sand berm used by Israeli snipers at least 120 yards away. "She was not the target," IDF Spokesman Lt.-Col. Jonathan Conricus said. "None of the medical personnel are ever a target....In a situation like that, accidents happen, and unintended results happen."

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