If you're going to post an article then at least read it!
"An IDF tank shell slammed into the church in a pre-dawn battle. Shrapnel peppered the statue and sliced off the hands and nose, a nun said."
Can you say "shrapnel"? I'll trust the good sister on the scene than your agitprop lightweight commentary insinuating some young soldier(s) used the VM as target practice.
If I were the 'Good Sister' I would say that too, after what she had just witnessed! That 'shrapnel' could have a 'tendancy' to train lower...you know.