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Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash, 21, of the Nahal Brigade's 932nd Battalion (Israel Defense Forces)
September 25, 2025, 8:59 am
IDF soldier killed in Hamas sniper attack on Gaza City guard post
Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash remembered as ‘brave, modest with a huge heart’; Hamas claims Israeli strike on home containing displaced people kills 11, including children
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
In this combination of 10 photos taken on September 19, 2018, Palestinians shot in the legs during demonstrations and riots at the Gaza strip's border with Israel await treatment at a Gaza City clinic run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders). (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
December 9, 2018, 1:06 pm
In Gaza protests, IDF troops aim for the legs
Policy of shooting at lower body of rioters is leaving a mark on the Strip, with many young men walking on crutches and health services struggling to cope
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative. Tear gas canisters fired by Israeli forces land amid Palestinians during clashes along the border with Israel east of Gaza City on July 13, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
July 26, 2018, 6:19 pm
‘All mothers have cause to worry,’ says mom of soldier wounded near Gaza
After rushing from vacation to son’s hospital bedside, woman urges authorities to ‘put an end’ to sniper threat
By Michael Bachner
Israeli snipers prepare for massive protests by Palestinians in Gaza and the potential for demonstrators to try to breach the security fence on March 30, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 30, 2018, 9:50 pm
Israel’s use of live fire in Gaza protests faces legal test
High Court begins hearing case as 6 human rights groups ask it to declare regulations as unlawful; defending its policies, state says it’s not facing civilian protests
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Palestinian man hurls stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
April 20, 2018, 2:51 pm
Palestinians say four, including boy, 15, killed by IDF during Gaza protest
Some 3,000 gather at border clashing with IDF soldiers, sending burning kites over fence to try and set Israeli fields alight
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Tamer Abu Daqqa, a Palestinian who says he was shot by an Israeli sniper along the Gaza border during a protest, walks with crutches near the Gaza-Israel border near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 11, 2018. (AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB)
April 11, 2018, 5:13 pm
Gazan who says he was shot in IDF sniper video denies he posed a threat
Tamer Abu Daqqa identifies himself by red jacket; admits to throwing stones earlier at troops, but asserts he wasn’t doing so when targeted
By AFP and ToI Staff
Footage filmed through a scope, publicized on April 9, 2018, that appears to show the moment before an Israeli sniper shoots a Palestinian who approached the Gaza security fence. (Screen capture)
April 10, 2018, 4:18 pm
Army clears sniper filmed shooting Gazan, denounces cameraman
Defense minister calls IDF ‘the most moral army in the world,’ says soldiers sometimes need to ‘let out some tension’; IDF says suspect was wounded in the leg
By Judah Ari Gross and Alexander Fulbright
Shlomo Toren
April 10, 2018, 3:35 pm
Shlomo Toren
The soundtrack of soldiers doing their job
The cheers we hear when someone gets shot are embarrassing, but let’s not forget what our soldiers do for us
Illustrative: Israeli snipers prepare for massive protests by Palestinians in Gaza and the potential for demonstrators to try to breach the security fence on March 30, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces/File)
April 10, 2018, 10:37 am
IDF said to question soldiers filmed celebrating shooting of Palestinian
Army reportedly says incident occurred on Gaza border in December 2017, will conclude operational investigation ‘in near future’
By Michael Bachner
Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to press before the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 25, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
April 10, 2018, 9:55 am
Bennett defends soldiers filmed cheering Gazan’s shooting
Cabinet ministers lash critics ‘in Tel Aviv’ after video emerges of apparently unarmed Palestinian shot by IDF sniper
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers take aim, as they lie on an earth barrier along the border with the Gaza Strip, near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz, on March 30, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 9, 2018, 10:33 pm
Widespread condemnation for video of soldiers cheering shooting of Palestinian
Lawmakers from several parties troubled by widely circulated footage from Gaza border, but back IDF to investigate; rights groups say incident is the rule, not the exception
By Michael Bachner and Judah Ari Gross
Footage filmed through a scope, publicized on April 9, 2018, that appears to show the moment before an Israeli sniper shoots a Palestinian who approached the Gaza security fence. (Screen capture)
April 9, 2018, 8:26 pm
IDF probes video of troops cheering as sniper shoots Palestinian near Gaza fence
Arab MK decries footage of gunfire felling apparently unarmed Gazan close to border, calls for sharpshooter, photographer to stand trial; army says it is looking into incident
By Judah Ari Gross
A photo composite showing Nasser, right, and Akram Badawi, who are believed to have carried out a number of shooting attacks against Israelis since November. (Shin Bet)
November 12, 2017, 7:18 pm
Hebron brothers get life in prison for sniper spree
Nasser and Akram Badawi, convicted of 12 counts of attempted murder, to pay NIS 60,000 ($17K) to their 4 victims
By Judah Ari Gross
Iraqi Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, left, a veteran sniper from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units), who boasted about killing at least 320 Islamic State group fighters, seen during the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul, April 26, 2017. (AFP/HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI)
October 1, 2017, 8:57 am
Iraq’s ‘sheikh sniper,’ who fought IDF in ’73, killed in battle
Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, 63, who began combat career on the Golan Heights in Yom Kippur War, says he killed 320 Islamic State members
By AFP
Iraqi forces take position as they advance towards Mosul's Old City on June 18, 2017, during the ongoing offensive to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State group. (AFP/Mohamed El-Shahed)
June 23, 2017, 2:28 am
In ‘incredible feat,’ Canadian sniper kills IS fighter from 2 miles away
Breaking world record for confirmed kill, elite soldier said to thwart jihadist bomb attack on Iraqi troops
By ToI Staff
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