Netanyahu at first claimed that the hero was Jewish - while telling Australia that they basically had the Bondi Beach attack coming to them

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that a heroic Jewish bystander saved Jewish lives during the Bondi Beach massacre by tackling one of the gunmen. In fact, the man who made the heroic intervention is a Muslim of Levantine descent who was shot twice in the process.

Ahmed El Ahmed, from Idlib in Syria according to a relative, went up unarmed against one of the attackers, wrested his gun away and turned it on the terrorist, forcing him to flee, as footage shown by Al Jazeera demonstrates…

  • PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I thought this too. Like he points the gun at the guy but “I don’t know how to use this” and “I don’t know if I should use this” are clearly going through his mind ALL WHILE THE OTHER SHOOTER SHOOTS HIM TWICE (In the hand and the shoulder.)

    Overall I think it’s better that he didn’t shoot him, in terms of “morals” or whatever, you got the gun off him, and thats all you were there to do. He was clearly fleeing after the incident, even though the shooter is an evil man, in that moment, he was unnarmed, pointing the gun at him was all that was needed.