IDF says schoolgirl was probably killed by Palestinian gunfire

[QueerJustice]

By Arnon Regular and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies
Israel Defense Forces officials said Monday that the fatal shooting of a Palestinian schoolgirl in a Gaza refugee camp appeared to be caused by Palestinian gunfire.
The IDF has not yet, however, ruled out the possibility that 10-year-old Noran Deeb had been hit by Israeli gunfire.

"According to our examination, the girl apparently was not shot by Israeli army gunfire," the military spokesman's office said.

A military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a preliminary investigation had found a "high likelihood" that the girl was hit by Palestinian gunfire. Israel Radio quoted Israeli sources as saying that Palestinian revelers returning from Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca had been shooting into the air in the area. Residents denied the fact.

Palestinian and United Nations officials said earlier Monday that Deeb was killed by IDF gunfire as she was walking into a UN school in the southern Gaza Strip. But UN officials later said that they could not definitively identify the source of the gunfire, although all signs pointed to the Israelis.

"The only firing that took place at that time in the entire Rafah area came from the so-called Salah Adin IDF observation post," about 800 meters away from the school, said Johan Eriksson, a spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency, which administers the school.

The IDF is working with the Palestinians to carry out a joint investigation of the report, military sources said. They also said no gunfire was reported near the school, located in the Rafah refugee camp.


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[QueerJustice]

1. TRAGIC

And just as tragic if it were Plestinian gunfire :(



Gaza girl killed by gunfire while at school :

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/534452.html



IDF inquiry finds no troops fired their weapons in the area, lays blame on Palestinians who fired in the air, celebrating end of Hajj

[QueerJustice]

2. ``But Hamas was not interested in explanations ``

"According to our examination, the girl apparently was not shot by Israeli army gunfire," the military spokesman's office said.

But Hamas was not interested in explanations about trajectories and soon after the girl's burial, mortars began landing in Gush Katif. One hit the roof of a house, and crashed through the kitchen ceiling. But no one was in the room at the time. There were also gunshots at the greenhouses in Morag. All together, nine mortar shells landed in the settlement-bloc on Monday.

[Heyo]

3. It shouldn't be that hard..

... to figure out in most cases...

A straight top-to-bottom trajectory would indicate it was celebratory gunfire, a parellel to the ground trajectory would indicate an aimed shot or a stray round not fired straight into the air, as the Arabs sometimes do when they party down.

Bullets can do that craziest things... and I do believe the terminal velocity of a falling bullet is pretty fast.

:shrug:

Heyo

[Darranar]

4. The IDF is not precisely the most reliable source. n/t