Bullet fired by an Israeli soldier ripped through the thigh of a US citizen protesting against Israeli settler encroachment

Israeli forces shot and injured an American citizen during a demonstration on Friday that was being held in Beita, a Palestinian village near the occupied West Bank town of Nablus, several Palestinian rights organisations have told Middle East Eye.

Amado Sison* was hit by a bullet that shot through the back of his right thigh and left a large exit wound. The bullet, however, missed all of Sison’s major arteries and his bones but he has soft tissue damage from the attack, according to Vivi Chen, an activist with Defend Palestine:Faz3a. Chen was also the victim of an attack by Israeli settlers last month.

Sison was carried more than 500 metres as Israeli forces continued to attack the Palestinians gathered at the site of the demonstration.

After being shot, activists say that Sison’s ambulance was forced to stop at several Israeli checkpoints, leading to a delay in his medical treatment. Eventually, he underwent a successful surgery and was seen smiling in his hospital room.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    65·
    3 months ago

    I mean it’s what they do. Remember a few years ago when they assassinated that us journalist?

    • gmtom@lemmy.world
      40·
      3 months ago

      I mean in the 60s they diliberately attacked a US Naval vessel killing almost 40 crew and I during 170 more. And the US just rolled over and did nothing about it other than help the Israelis cover it up.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
        464·
        3 months ago

        Upon her death on May 11, 2022, Israel denied responsibility and blamed Palestinian militants. However, it gradually changed its narrative until admitted she was likely “accidentally” killed by Israeli fire, but refused to undertake a criminal investigation.

        The classic “Hamas did it, oh wait you have evidence, actually it was us, lol right”.

        • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          26·
          3 months ago
          • That didn’t happen.
          • And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
          • And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
          • And if it is, that’s not my fault.
          • And if it was, I didn’t mean it. <- You are here
          • And if I did, you deserved it.
    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      312·
      3 months ago

      So close to crossing the one line our government claims not to tolerate. Glad he lived, but shitty that we will continue to obstruct all attempts at justice by the international community.

      • SoJB@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3510·
        3 months ago

        Any word on the 200,000 civilians killed by Israel in Gaza?

        Any word on the 6 million excess deaths caused by the US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan?

        The hundreds of millions killed by capitalism?

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
          530·
          3 months ago

          Those are grossly fabricated numbers. The best estimates are between 35-40 thousand, which is tragic enough. There is no need to inflate that by an order of magnitude. There is no reliable information on how many of those were Hamas fighters. Israel claims that it is “half” for those killed, so that is almost certainly the upper bound.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
            257·
            3 months ago

            The Lancet is a peer reviewed medical journal not an IDF propaganda outlet. If israel believes the true count is lower they should let journalists and UN workers in to confirm it.

            40K is the amount of people confirmed killed. Counting has also stalled a lot after israel targeted health workers responsible for the counting.

            • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
              13·
              3 months ago

              The Lancet reports as of June:

              37 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack by Hamas… These data are supported by independent analyses, comparing changes in the number of deaths of UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff with those reported by the Ministry, which found claims of data fabrication implausible.

              Based on past conflicts, they estimate that the “indirect deaths” could ultimately end up being “up to 186 000.” 4

              • Sami@lemmy.zipEnglish
                51·
                3 months ago

                Yes, that’s what happens when you use starvation and disease as weapons of war and cut off all access to the outside world for independent verification; you end up with estimates of deaths resulting from the conditions inflicted.

                They just killed at least 100 people by bombing a school since you commented this. Why are you so eager to minimize the genocide?

                • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM
                  16·
                  3 months ago

                  Why are you so eager to distort facts? I’m quoting from an international academic report led by a Palestinian researcher. You should consider why it upsets you that their conclusions are not gruesome enough for you.

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
                45·
                3 months ago

                Turns out when israel starves and poisons Palestinains in a concentration camp they die.

          • Sami@lemmy.zipEnglish
            182·
            3 months ago

            The official number was at 30k only 2 months in and that was only the names confirmed by a medical system already at the brink. Do you genuinely believe it only rose by 5-10k in subsequent 8 months of unrelenting assault? US doctors said that they have compelling reason to believe the death toll is 90k+ based on their time treating the wounded there. Another estimate is at 180k published in a medical journal as previously mentioned. Hamas were estimated to number around 30k before the conflict began (About 1k were killed inside Israel after Oct 7 and were not counted in the death toll) and they are still capable of fighting in most areas of Gaza according to recent reports.

  • ???@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 months ago

    At this point we could just use a randomizer for Israel and it would still fit today’s news

  • nifty@lemmy.world
    83·
    3 months ago

    People in this thread acting like Israel getting leeway on actions is a US thing. In fact, “western nations” require regional destabilization in the Middle East. Look at what happens in Latin American countries or African ones. Regional destabilization in the ME is not a unique thing, and Israel is just serving its purpose at the expense of keeping its people safe. None of this stops till leaders, countries etc decide the whole regional destabilization philosophy is an old world relic which doesn’t serve the future.