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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm going to cut them some slack as it was a rubber bullet, and he wasn't killed. It would still make far more sense to say "shot in head with rubber bullet" though.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Palestinian journalist has violent clash with rubber bullet."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Palestinian journalist failed to find a peaceful solution in rubber bullet disagreement.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Failing to denounce Hamas, Palestinian journalist attacks bullet using his head as a cudgel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Israeli rubber bullets are produced in two main types. The older type, the standard rubber bullet, is a steel sphere coated in a thin layer of rubber, weighing 14 grams, while the newly improved rubber bullet, introduced in 1989, is a rubber-coated metal cylinder 1.7 cm in diameter, weighing 15.4 grams.[18] Of the lethal injuries from this projectile, most are suffered to the head.[18]

The bullet flying out my Colt .45 is 15 grams. This is that, covered in thin rubber.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I kind of hope they use like a 1/8 load or less, or that's just a fucking bullet.