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IDF Soldier is Castigated for Shooting a Wounded Terrorist, One Survivor Recalls the Price of Inaction
by Liel Leibovitz
March 28, 2016

As the furor over the IDF soldier who shot a wounded Palestinian terrorist continues—demonstrations were held across Israel this weekend, and the nation’s media have been discussing little but the case—I’d like to share one of the most pertinent and heartbreaking accounts of another IDF soldier, who faced a similar situation as the one now under investigation. It was posted on Facebook by a young Israeli named Dror Zicherman [Hebrew to English translation here], and is recounted here with his permission. On December 29, 2005, Zicherman was in active IDF duty near Tul Karem. As he and his friends were patrolling the area, they received concrete intel that terrorists were attempting to make their way from Tul Karem into Israel in order to perpetrate an attack at a well-attended Hanukkah show for families. READ MORE