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On 1 June 2018, Palestinian medic Rouzan al-Najjar was killed by an Israeli sniper while on the Gaza side of the border. I remember this incident well, and was both surprised and downhearted that a trained soldier would use lethal force against a Gaza female clearly wearing a white medical garment with a florescent band. The New York Times has investigated the harrowing incident and composed the video below accompanied by a written article which is also provided below. The NYT analyzed over 1,000 photos and videos, froze the fatal moment in a 3-D model of the protest, and interviewed more than 30 witnesses and I.D.F. commanders to reveal how Ms. Rouzan was killed.
No one can change what happened on that June day. Rather than cast aspersions on either side which would be unhelpful, I would prefer that everyone consider this tragedy a teaching moment with multiple lessons to be learned.
[video=youtube;w0inm3oS71c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?w0inm3oS71c[/video]
Related: A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? | The New York Times
No one can change what happened on that June day. Rather than cast aspersions on either side which would be unhelpful, I would prefer that everyone consider this tragedy a teaching moment with multiple lessons to be learned.
[video=youtube;w0inm3oS71c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?w0inm3oS71c[/video]
Related: A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? | The New York Times