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Israeli army to investigate video of sniper shooting Gazan

These two clips from a video show a Palestinian standing across the border in Gaza (right frame) and then he is shown falling to the ground (second frame) to whoops of excitement from the onlooker.
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said on Monday that it was investigating a video that appears to show an Israeli army sniper shooting a motionless Palestinian across the border in Gaza, to whoops of excitement from the onlooker. Israeli television channels broadcast the clip at the start of their primetime evening news bulletins — with one host describing it as disturbing — after it circulated widely on social networks. Its release comes after more than a week of daily protests by Palestinians at the Gaza-Israel border in which 30 Gazans have been shot dead. However, the Israeli military said that the clip might have been filmed months ago. The amateur-