Re: [Marxism] Tom Hurndall dead

["Eli Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A British peace activist who was shot by an Israeli soldier as he tried to
protect Palestinian children from gunfire in a Gaza refugee camp died last
night in a London hospital.

Tom Hurndall succumbed to pneumonia. He had been left in a persistent
vegetative state after being hit by a bullet at the Rafah camp in April.

The 22-year-old died hours after the soldier who shot him was charged with
aggravated assault in a rare prosecution of a member of the Israeli military
for harming a civilian.

But the military judge handling the case told the family's lawyer in Tel
Aviv that the charge was likely to be revised to murder or manslaughter
after Mr Hurndall's death.

The soldier, who has not been named, has also been charged with obstruction
of justice for first shooting the   activist through the forehead and only
afterwards seeking permission from his commander to kill Mr Hurndall on the
fabricated grounds that he was carrying a gun.

A second soldier is under arrest for allegedly corroborating that account.

Full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1122691,00.html

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