EXCLUSIVE: Man With Pro-Palestinian Pin Shot After Tackling Pro-Israel Veteran

A man wearing a Palestinian pin was shot in Newton, Massachusetts Thursday evening after he charged across a street and tackled a pro-Israel veteran protester.

In a video shared with The Daily Wire, the man with the pin, sporting a surgical mask around his neck, stood across the street shouting at the group of 10 protesters, calling them “sick” and accusing them of “defending genocide.”

BREAKING: Anti-Israel man shot in stomach after charging through traffic and tackling a man at a pro-Israel demonstration outside Boston in Newton, Massachusetts. He was seen screaming at the demonstrators before his attack.

Footage obtained exclusively by @KassyAkiva: pic.twitter.com/4imddZ1D7p

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The veteran was getting ready to leave when the assailant began yelling at the group, showing his middle finger and shouting at the protesters.

In the next video, the man charges across the street through traffic and tackles the pro-Israel, Iraq War veteran, who was carrying an American flag during the protest. Seconds later, the veteran shot the man in the stomach during their tussle on the ground, another video angle shows.

He then places the gun on the sidewalk behind him as bystanders try to break the two apart. After the altercation, the man who fired the gun told bystanders to call 911, and tended to wounds of the man who tackled him, a video shared with The Daily Wire shows.

In another video, the man who fired the gun is seen providing medical care to the man who tackled him before first responders arrived. pic.twitter.com/wMtoowakr9

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This group of pro-Israel individuals hold American, Israeli, and Palavi Iranian flags in various parts of Massachusetts to raise awareness about the hostages and the troubles of the Iranian regime. The Daily Wire has confirmed the identity of the non-Jewish veteran, who frequently joins these rallies, but is withholding his name to protect his privacy.

Newton, a suburb of Boston and considered one of the most Jewish cities in the United States, with Jews comprising between 20-30% of the population, according to Forward.

Aidin, a pro-Israel Iranian who runs the From Boston to Iran group an was present at the altercation, told The Daily Wire that he was not sure how the gun was discharged. 

“I saw him bring his hand up to the veteran and I tried to go closer until I heard the shot fired.”

“We’ve been to standouts like this often and nothing like this has ever happened,” he said, declining to give his last name. “I was shocked when the man ran across the street and had no idea why he would do that.”

Aidin said he was not sure why the man charged the veteran instead of the other members of the group.

The veteran’s fellow protesters say they were not aware he had a gun, but believe he was acting in self defense. 

Eyewitnesses say the veteran was taken with police, and the man shot was taken away in an ambulance. Aidin said the police told him the person shot was in stable condition.

The Newton Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but are reportedly investigating the incident.