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Last update - 09:14 16/11/2009
Protesters: IDF used .22-caliber ammo at West Bank fence
By Amira Hass
Tags: separation fence, Israel News 

Protesters say the Israel Defense Forces used live ammunition from Ruger rifles last Friday to disperse a demonstration near the separation fence at the West Bank town of Na'alin. In 2001, the military advocate general ordered a halt to the use of such rifles for crowd control.

Two injured protesters told other demonstrators that a soldier had fired at them from about 40 meters away while they were throwing stones at a jeep parked at an IDF outpost.

In June a 35-year-old Na'alin resident, Aqel Srur, was killed when a member of the Border Police fired a .22-caliber bullet at him.
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On Saturday near the separation fence, a 10-year-old boy said soldiers had severely beaten him. In addition, 18 protesters near the village of Dir al-Rusun were reportedly arrested.

The IDF Spokesman's Office denied that the boy was harmed; it said he was arrested among others and later returned to his home because of his age. The spokesman's office said that .22-caliber bullets were used "in accordance with strict rules of engagement regarding protesters who intend to harm the security forces and vandalize the separation fence."

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      1.   observation 06:03  |  potobac 16/11/09
      2.   Ruger .22 banned 06:47  |  Tug 16/11/09
      3.   #1 Potobac - Comparable to a slung stone 06:58  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      4.   #22 Tug I really hate to tell you 07:13  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      5.   a .22 cal. gunshot to any vital organ is likely to be as deadly 07:51  |  eric 16/11/09
      6.   #2-2 Tug - Rock throwing was also banned 08:06  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      7.   Don`t be violent and expect no response 08:12  |  Dani 16/11/09
      8.   TUG STONE throwing is no longer just"crowd controll" 08:13  |  PETER SM 16/11/09
      9.   yeah, Tug... 08:22  |  speedman 16/11/09
      10.   a .22 cal. gunshot to any vital organ is likely to be as deadly 09:24  |  eric 16/11/09
      11.   Very Humane 09:50  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 16/11/09
      12.   Eric ,if Mexicans began stoning sheriff`s car in NM 09:53  |  Absolute Sweden 16/11/09
      13.   ERIC A stone can be a deadly weapon.Often they send out their 10:44  |  PETER SM 16/11/09
      14.   Absolute Swede/Peter SM - Gadsden Purchase 11:00  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/11/09
      15.   peter sm 8 12:39  |  potobac 16/11/09
      16.   See the Israeli film One Shot 12:52  |  Tcherkessi 16/11/09
      17.   Why not 50 caliber ? 13:02  |  Josiah J. Ben David 16/11/09
      18.   #12 you have absolutely no concept of america, do you a.sweden? 13:42  |  eric 16/11/09
      19.   #10 Eric - Been hit by any rocks recently? 16:23  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      20.   Josiah J. Ben David 17:25  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      21.   Eric the Misconception is yours 17:59  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      22.   bad language!!!! 22:25  |  sam 16/11/09
      23.   22 calibre 22:42  |  arby 16/11/09
      24.   #9 speedman - How about quad .50``S? 23:08  |  *BEN JABO 16/11/09
      25.   #19 yes ben; we all "know" you`re right 05:36  |  eric 17/11/09
      26.   .22LR 08:12  |  hereward 17/11/09
      27.   .22 is a deer hunting rifle 19:06  |  andrew 17/11/09
      28.   #25 Yes, Eric, we all know you`re wrong 04:05  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      29.   #23 Arby - Brampton 04:07  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      30.   -2 Arby Brampton 04:11  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      31.   #27 Andrew - You don`t know what a .22 can do 04:16  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      32.   #26 hereward MN 04:21  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      33.   Eric - My apologies 04:40  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      34.   Weak... 08:36  |  Joe 18/11/09
      35.   Hmmm...what if the IDF used rocks? 16:15  |  bobby 18/11/09
      36.   #34 Joe - Sydney .5`0`s are too expensive 19:00  |  *BEN JABO 18/11/09
      37.   ben jabo 29 08:56  |  potobac 19/11/09
      38.   #37 Potoboc - Don`t throw rocks 02:41  |  *BEN JABO 20/11/09
      39.   Time to give Ruger some bad P.R. 09:07  |  Steve Beikirch 22/11/09
      40.   #39 Steve Behikirch 18:07  |  *BEN JABO 23/11/09
      41.   #37 Potobac - you have lots of questions 04:55  |  *BEN JABO 25/11/09
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