Israel’s army has been disgraced after video footage emerged of a sniper shooting an unarmed Palestinian in the head.

No reason is given for the execution, but the sniper’s commander can be heard giving orders on how it should be carried out.

Israel has offered up no response at the time of writing, apart from a claim that the footage is several months old. As if that makes a difference.

Here’s the original footage:

Israel's @news10 just published the following video.

An Israeli sniper filmed himself shooting a Palestinian protester inside the occupied Gaza Strip, as he & other soldiers celebrate.

The Israeli army said it's 'investigating'.https://t.co/5y4jTR2wkdhttps://t.co/gaObKf0AOt pic.twitter.com/yeqLQP23v7

— Ben White (@benabyad) April 9, 2018

Perhaps it would be easier to understand with English subtitles. Try this:

And here's the original video with English subtitles.https://t.co/ZuUptCs1G7 pic.twitter.com/b6tVsDFGnD

— Ben White (@benabyad) April 9, 2018

Sickening.

Not only is the act abhorrent in itself; so are the words of the soldiers taking part:

Here's your most moral army: Leaked footage from Gaza border of Israeli sniper shooting a Palestinian in the head, then joyfully screaming afterwards: "Wow, what a clip! YES! Son of a bitch" https://t.co/n5pfYU6BVc

— Natasha Roth-Rowland (@NatashaRoth01) April 9, 2018

There can be no claim that the person who was shot constituted any kind of threat:

https://twitter.com/bungarsargon/status/983385576916299777

Here’s an account of Israel’s response – and of the commander’s complicity in the killing:

The expected 'bad apple' talking point is off to a shaky start.https://t.co/dDDnVmsldx pic.twitter.com/xHHRNbhRvw

— Ben White (@benabyad) April 9, 2018

The current situation is that the IDF has said it will “investigate”:

An IDF soldier filmed himself shooting at unarmed Palestinian protesters on Gaza border this last Friday and then celebrating with his friends saying "Take that sons of bitches." The IDF has responded that it will investigate https://t.co/J3gGuYxf7j

— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) April 9, 2018

Here’s a response to that:

https://twitter.com/a_leesha1/status/983410418646507527

How do you feel about it?

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