He wasn’t a hero on the news. He wasn’t even known outside his unit. But Private Jesse Rivera, 22, told his commander something few soldiers ever dare to say.
“If they order me to shoot an innocent person… I’d rather die than kill.”
One week later, Jesse was found dead after stepping into open fire while trying to pull two civilians from a collapsed home in Gaza. No one knows if it was bravery or broken orders. All we know is, he meant every word.
Jesse’s death has now sparked emotional debate online should soldiers be punished for choosing peace over protocol? His mother says, “My son died with a clean heart. That’s more than most men in war.”
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