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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

IDF rules of engagement

Reservist Aviad Frija in a court hearing at the Beit Lid Military Court on December 26, 2023. (Flash90)
November 28, 2024, 2:46 pm
Reservist charged in mistaken killing of civilian who responded to terror shooting
Aviad Frija hit with softened manslaughter rap for shooting Yuval Castleman; indictment says off-duty soldier kept firing despite calls from colleague and victim to stop
By Emanuel Fabian
Yuval Castleman (Courtesy)
April 10, 2024, 7:13 pm
Investigators find police didn’t tamper with probe of civilian hero’s death
Examination was opened after detectives falsely asserted there was no shrapnel in body of Yuval Castleman, shot dead by off-duty soldier as he responded to a terror attack
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits a Border Police base in the West Bank, posing with troops in undercover garb on January 18, 2024. (National Security Ministry)
January 19, 2024, 10:39 am
Ben Gvir tells officers to shoot ‘terrorists’ who don’t pose threat, then backtracks
National security minister’s office says original statement was misquote, and he meant to say only ‘armed terrorists,’ amid attempts to ease open fire rules during wartime
By ToI Staff
Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses IDF cadets graduating from the military's officer's course at Bahad 1 in southern Israel, November 10, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 10, 2022, 7:32 pm
Lapid warns military may face pressure to employ unlawful use of force
Outgoing PM tells graduating cadets Israel’s laws are crucial to separating it from its enemies, in apparent response to far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir’s call to ease open-fire rules
By Michael Horovitz
MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2022, 11:03 am
Far-right MK pulls gun on alleged Palestinian rock-throwers in West Bank
Itamar Ben Gvir claims he was forced to intervene after IDF soldiers told him they were unable to open fire on Palestinians throwing rocks at cars
By ToI Staff
Barel Hadaria Shmueli, a Border Police officer who was shot dead by a Gaza gunman at the border in August 2021 (Courtesy)
December 27, 2021, 2:25 pm
IDF clears officers of wrongdoing in killing of border guard on Gaza fence
Investigation blames decision to position troops directly against the security wall on ‘a professional error in retrospect,’ says rioters were not expected to be armed
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian demonstrators hurls stones at Israeli forces amid tear gas during clashes, as they protest Israeli Jewish settlements, in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
December 20, 2021, 9:25 pm
IDF begins allowing troops to shoot at fleeing rock-throwers
Military says soldiers are still directed to first try to make an arrest without using deadly force, but experts raise questions about legality of new guideline
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF and Cypriot National Guard soldiers take part in a joint exercise at the Israeli army's Tzeelim training base in southern Israel on October 25, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces/ File)
November 14, 2021, 10:11 pm
IDF updates open-fire rules, letting soldiers shoot thieves, smugglers
Expanded rules of engagement meant to help military crackdown on gun thefts from military bases, cross-border drug deals
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2021, 1:40 pm
With criticism rife, Bennett slams ‘politicization’ of border guard’s death
PM says ‘some are trying to use the IDF as a tool to advance cynical political goals,’ following censure of army after shooting of Barel Hadaria Shmueli by Gaza gunman
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi pays a condolence call on September 5, 2021, to the home of Barel Hadaria Shmueli, a Border Police officer who was shot dead by a Gaza gunman at the border last month (Via Facebook: צועדים בדרך בראל)
September 5, 2021, 10:20 am
IDF chief visits home of slain Border Police officer amid criticism from family
Kohavi meets relatives of Barel Hadaria Shmueli after issuing highly unusual letter calling for public support
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a ceremony on the Israel Navy's Haifa Base, on September 2, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 4, 2021, 9:42 pm
Fighting criticism, IDF chief says Israel must support troops or won’t have any
Amid ongoing debate over death of border guard in Gaza border riot, Kohavi issues highly irregular public missive, saying society must be able to accept losses to have resilience
By Judah Ari Gross
Nitza Shmueli, mother of slain Border Police officer Barel Haderia Shmueli, speaks to Channel 12, September 3, 2021 (screenshot)
September 3, 2021, 11:29 pm
‘I tore up PM’s letter’: Family of slain border cop wades into politics
Father of Barel Hadaria Shmueli, shot on Gaza border, suggests Bennett should resign; his mother says coalition with Arab party Ra’am amounts to an ‘assassination of Israel’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza City, on August 21, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 3, 2021, 11:27 am
Probe faults poor placement, not open-fire rules in soldier’s death in Gaza riot
Initial findings presented to family of slain border guard Barel Hadaria Shmueli; army chief calls for military’s investigation to be completed, lessons to be implemented
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a ceremony in Jerusalem, on August 11, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 2, 2021, 9:45 pm
As border guard’s death criticized, IDF chief denies soldiers overly restricted
Kohavi says soldiers ‘equipped with all tools’ to handle threats, and ‘claims to the contrary are baseless’; Barel Hadaria Shmueli was shot at point-blank range at Gaza border
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli soldiers gather at a position over an earth barrier along the border with the Gaza Strip near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz on March 30, 2019, as Palestinians (background) protest to mark the first anniversary of the "March of Return" protests. (Jack Guez/AFP)
May 28, 2019, 12:21 pm
General defends use of live fire in Gaza, says less-lethal weapons ineffective
Herzi Halevi tells international legal experts that IDF investigates ‘every bullet’ shot during border riots, hasn’t found case of indiscriminate fire
By Judah Ari Gross
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