Israel’s army said Monday it was investigating a video appearing to be of troops cheering as a sniper shoots an unarmed Palestinian on the Gaza border after the footage went viral online. The video emerged as attention is focused on Israel over the killing of 31 Palestinians in protests along the border with the Gaza Strip since March 30. In the footage voices can be heard discussing opening fire on what seems to be unarmed Palestinians walking around on the other side of the frontier. Israel is already under the spotlight over the fatal shooting of 31 Palestinians and wounding of hundreds more in a spate of border protests along the edge of Gaza over the past 10 days. Israel says it has only opened fire when necessary to stop damage to the border fence, infiltrations and attempted attacks.

Source: Egypt Independent April 09, 2018 20:15 UTC