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Sunday, September 25, 2016
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
MDA head at Azaria trial: We make sure no bomb before treating assailants
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEli Bin, head of the Magen David Adom Rescue service, testifies at the trial of Elor Azaria — the soldier accused of killing a wounded Palestinian assailant in Hebron in March — that his paramedics won’t necessarily rush to treat wounded attackers.
“The MDA rules are clear — we won’t touch a terrorist until we know for sure he doesn’t have a bomb on him.”
He adds that if he were at the March 24 shooting, he would have also made sure everybody stay away from Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, and to watch out for any follow-up attack.
Azaria, on trial for manslaughter, has said he shot al-Sharif after thinking he had a bomb on him.
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