An Israeli Sniper’s Anguished Look Into The Crosshairs

The order is to shoot a Palestinan suspect, and then return to normalcy:

500 METERS FROM THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER — The team — two of us snipers, a spotter, the lieutenant, and a driver, sit around a table in the small office of Major W, commander of this special infantry unit. I examine a grainy black-and-white photo that’s being passed around — a chubby middle-aged man in a jacket with white sleeves standing in a sunny field. The picture is from military intelligence, and it shows the man we are planning to shoot.

Published: Mar 17, 2014
Length: 18 minutes (4,600 words)
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