Israel-Hamas war: Protesters throwing stones are shot by Israeli snipers

Sky's Stuart Ramsay reports from the West Bank where in the past week and a half alone, over 60 people have been shot dead by Israeli marksmen, and more than 1,300 have been wounded.

The West Bank is seething after the Gaza hospital disaster, and there are now three days of mourning and a general strike there after violence in the troubled region.

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[azoun]

PROPS to the camera guy for the zoom in on the Molotov cocktails right at the end of that epic for only narration.

[homonovo]

They aren’t “throwing” stones, they’re using slings which are actually deadly.

[anonymousananymous]

Same problem in Kashmir India. By the same peacefuls. This is not stone pelting. This is rock pelting. Our army deals this with sticks and smoke and is still blamed for troubling civilians. This even costs the life of our soldiers
But Israel govt is dealing with this just as it should be treated. Don’t want to be shot at then don’t pelt rocks

[richle]

Being terrible combatants doesn't make them not enemy combatants.

[charliewaters]

They're not "Throwing Stones". They're launching projectiles from slings.

[utubewillyman]

I like how they call it a "Day of Rage". Just one day? Really? Is there any day they're not raging?

[RogueWulf-Black]

phrasing it as "protesters throwing stones" seems kind of irresponsible. Those are slings they are using, it's a very old school ranged weapon and can definitely be lethal to anyone not wearing helmets.

[whip]

They're considered "combatants" under the UCMJ and Geneva Convention Agreement.

Soldiers regardless of carrying Slings wirh Rock, Guns, Molotov Cocktails or Knives.

When designated as Terrorists there is not much to protect them.

[iamg]

anyone who’s ever become proficient with a sling will know how deadly they are. An egg sized stone will release from a sling at around 160kph and have the same energy as a 9mm bullet fired from a hand gun. Accurate reporting is crucial for truth and reasoning.

[rogerfigas]

Throwing stones against modern weapons it´s not very smart...

[MustardSkaven]

They're not just throwing stones, they are slinging stones. Which was a common weapon of war until a few hundred years ago.

[RvrRaiderD]

Throwing stones isn't protesting, its using a weapon. Especially when your using a sling and carrying Molotov's 🤷‍♂

[cutcut]

Slinging a rock is deadly. We had a soldier in Iraq that had jaw dislocated from a rock thrower. Insurgents would sometimes drop large rocks from overpasses onto military convoys.

[joshbegin]

This is not throwing stones, its Shooting Stones, a deadly weapon .

[ducie]

they had Molotovs ffs and they were slinging stones not throwing, stop underplaying it.

[vuong]

Hamas rockets its own hospital and then they blame Israel. insane

[dokterjp]

"throwing stones", they're using slings. It's the equivalent of using a bow and arrow against a armed soldier...ofc they were shot.

[bishboshs]

3:12 pretty stupid to wear the headband of a terrorist organisation. And people say the palestinians don't support Hamas. Imagine if someone wore an ISIS headband in front of Iraqi armed forces, i'm sure they would expect a sniper round too.

[TonyStark-dtnd]

instead of rally, talk to your brother, the leader of hamas to surrender, don't forget that hamas started that war.

[ivandgr]

And now that it has been established that the attack on the hospital in Gaza was not by deliberate or accidental firing of missiles or dropping of bombs by the IDF but from a failed rocket fired by Hamas, one more lie and more wrong instance of blaming the infidels has been exposed. But then, we have always seen how they feel towards them for all the supposed wrongs as followers of the 'peaceful' religion can never be wrong.