And in answer to the question, “Should we be defending this soldier?”, try reading the posts from the KJ residents when there was a raid. Is he a Jew? Then you defend him.
If you are on the fence about following protocol with terrorists, there is an article circulating about a soldier with no legs who was told not to pull the trigger on an arab while he took off his shirt at a checkpoint to be searched. Apperently the arab activated the vest before the soldier could verify it existed. He lost his legs, and his commander.