This is a video being filmed by International Solidarity Member (ISM) Bianca Zammit until she got hit in the thigh by a bullet fired by an Israeli soldier. WARNING: the last minute or so shows her wound being cleaned, so if you're squeamish .
This takes place in Gaza, where Palestinians & ISM are protesting the Israeli policy of putting up a buffer zone around the border inside Gaza. They shoot at Palestinians, who enter the zone, or even come near it. Five people have been shot, some 2 miles away from the zone. Some have been killed.
Palestinians go into or near the zone for lots of reasons:
- Because their houses are in the zone or near it;
- Because they have crops near or in it;
- Because they want to scavenge rubble & steel from buildings (Israel still blocks cement & other construction materials from entering Gaza.)
Hat tip to Mondoweiss.
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