{"id":28,"date":"2018-04-30T18:59:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/30\/scores-of-palestinians-have-been-shot-in-their\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:21:19","slug":"scores-of-palestinians-have-been-shot-in-their","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2018\/04\/30\/scores-of-palestinians-have-been-shot-in-their\/","title":{"rendered":"Scores of Palestinians have been shot in their legs, and some face amputation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the past month of demonstrations along the border between Gaza and Israel, at least 17 Palestinians have suffered gunshot wounds that ultimately cost them their legs, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.\n<\/p>\n

In at least three of the cases, Israeli authorities rejected the transfer of wounded Gazans to the West Bank, where they could receive medical care that might have saved their limbs, according to lawyers and one of the patients\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/43842828-47d4-11e8-8082-105a446d19b8<\/a><\/p>\n

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Palestinian soccer player Mohammed Khalil was filming himself at the \u201cMarch of Return\u201d protests in Gaza when he was shot and wounded in both legs on March 30.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cIDF troops act according to clear rules of engagement that are tailored to the scenarios they are contending with,\u201d a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said. The spokesman declined to detail those rules but said live fire is a last resort.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In that case, the \u201ctailoring\u201d of the \u201crules of engagement\u201d is grossly fucked up.<\/p>\n

Scores of Palestinians have been shot in their legs, and some face amputation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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