Soldier: Activists Came for War

August 1, 2010

“I was among the last to come down, and I saw the guys spread all over, each in another corner, with three or four people around each. I saw a soldier on the ground with two people beating him. I pushed them off of him, and they moved on to me and started to beat me up with the poles. This is how I broke my hand apparently. At the time, I was not holding a weapon, just like everyone who came down from the rope barehanded and with our paintball guns on our backs.

“They came at me and assaulted me. I took them down to the ground. I took a few steps back and pulled out my paintball gun. They charged me while I fired at their legs. One of the bats shattered the weapon, so I moved on to the handgun, so that I have something to hold. At that point, my arm wasn’t functional.

“I saw two of my guys lying on the floor. We were being fired a, with live ammunition from the corridor. It was bullets. I spotted a muzzle, and one of us fired at the guy. We came in after that, and he wasn’t there. There were about 30 people there. They simply came for war. We came to talk to them, convince them to come down, yet with every person who came down, they simply charged.”

Source: Excerpts of an article by Amnon Meranda, Ynetnews

Source: Video link: The Israel Project