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From the PBS version.
APTN footage shows Miller and his crew emerging from the Palestinian home in which they'd been filming and approaching an armored Israeli bulldozer. They could be seen waving a white flag and could be heard identifying themselves, in English and Arabic, as journalists. In addition, Miller and his crew were wearing clothing that identified them as members of the press. Eyewitnesses claim Miller and his crew were fired upon, without warning, as they approached the armored bulldozer while attempting to identify themselves as journalists. Moments later, Miller lay on the ground. APTN footage of the incident backs up the eyewitness accounts. James Miller died from a gunshot wound to the neck.
Israeli army spokesperson Captain Jacob Dallal told the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz: "Our forces (had) found a tunnel at the house in question when an antitank missile was fired at them. They shot back at the source of the attack. ... James Miller was apparently hit during that exchange. The Israeli military expresses sorrow at a civilian death, but it must be stressed that a cameraman who knowingly enters a combat zone, especially at night, endangers himself."
Daniel Seaman, the director of the Government Press Office in Israel, told the Associated Press, "It's a split-second judgment, whether or not to shoot. I prefer that in situations like that, they shoot, because I prefer that there will not be a dead soldier."
Also from Haaretz: "" The crew's Palestinian translator was waving a white flag lit with a flashlight."
Thus, the incident took place during night time.
The film maker came out of a house carrying a camera. During a situation when a shoulder fired missile had been fired against the Israelis...
Go figure.
A sad incident, but when you move into a war zone this is what can happen.
At night??? He comes out of a home that is under attack? At night? In a War Zone? And expects what? A lei around his neck?? His last bad decision.
At night??? He comes out of a home that is under attack? At night? In a War Zone? And expects what? A lei around his neck?? His last bad decision.
SJackson: "APTN footage shows Miller and his crew emerging from the Palestinian home in which they'd been filming and approaching an armored Israeli bulldozer. They could be seen waving a white flag and could be heard identifying themselves, in English and Arabic, as journalists."
A white flag is not a shield. In a war zone, you are supposed to stay where you are with the white flag - with both hands empty and up - unless specifically instructed to move. This moron brought this upon himself.
Oh, bother! We'll think of the old chap when we see a digestive biscuit!