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    Israel to Discipline Filmer of Viral Gaza Protest Sniper Shot, Not Shooter

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    The Israeli Defense Forces () responded swiftly after a video emerged Monday of its snipers cheering as one of their number shot an unarmed Palestinian protester. The IDF released their findings in their initial investigation into the event just one day after the video was released.

    “The video depicts a short part of the response to a violent riot, which included rock hurling and attempts to sabotage the security fence,” the IDF said in a statement, adding that the video is from December 22, 2017, and therefore does not document events connected with the Great Return March, a weeks-long mass demonstration demanding Palestinians' right of return that has been ongoing since March 30.

    The demonstration the video captures was held in response to US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize as the capital of , though the Palestinian leadership insists East Jerusalem must be the capital of an independent Palestinian state. The man who was shot is “suspected of organizing and leading this incident,” the IDF said. Two Palestinian protesters were killed that day; more than 30 have been killed during the Great Return March. 

    “Do you have a bullet in the barrell?” one IDF soldier can be heard asking in the video, and then, “is it on him?” About 18 seconds later, the firing of a single sniper rifle round can be heard as the man falls.

    “Wow, what a video! Yes! Son of a bitch. What a video, here, run, get him out of there. Of course I…

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