Video: IDF soldier documented firing towards bound Palestinian
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IDF soldier documented firing towards bound Palestinian
(VIDEO)
Palestinian teen films soldier aiming
towards bound demonstrator arrested in
Naalin,
firing rubber bullets while
officer holds man's arm;
Palestinian claims was injured by fire.
IDF: This serious incident negates army values
Ali Waked
Published: 07.20.08, 18:35 / Israel News
VIDEO -
The IDF has begun to investigate an
incident in which rubber bullets were
fired towards a bound Palestinian man
who had been apprehended during the
demonstrations against the border
fence in the West Bank village of Naalin.
A 14-year old girl from the village
filmed the incident from the window
of her home, and the tape has reached Ynet,
though the first few seconds immediately
following the shooting are missing.
The IDF has stated that the incident
is serious and negates the army's values,
and that the Investigating Military Police
(IMP) have launched an inquiry into the
matter after receiving the tape.
IDF soldier fires towards Palestinian
(video courtesy of B'Tselem)
The incident occurred on July 7,
while the village was under full
closure for four days.
Palestinians, left-wing activists,
and international peace activists
held processions to Naalin from the
direction of the nearby village of
Dir Kadis in order to supply the
residents with food.
One of the demonstrators,
27-year old Bil'in resident
Ashraf Abu-Rahma,
was detained for a half an hour.
He was taken to a military jeep
by a lieutenant-colonel on the scene.
While he stood next to the jeep,
one of the soldiers fired shots
towards him,
which Abu-Rahma claims injured him in the foot.
In the film, the soldier can
be seen aiming his weapon from
a distance of about 1.5 meters
from the bound demonstrator,
and firing rubber bullets.
According to Abu-Rahma's testimony,
his big toe was injured and he received
treatment from a military medic on the scene,
after which he was released by the soldiers.
"During the demonstration the soldiers caught me,
arrested me - and after a few moments I heard
shots and felt a fire in my body.
I was afraid and didn't know what it was,"
Abu-Rahma said.
The shots were fired while the
officer was holding the Palestinian's arm.
The organization B'Tselem immediately
transferred the tape of the incident to
the IMP, along with a demand to launch
an immediate investigation.
In recent weeks ongoing demonstrations
have been conducted almost daily by
Palestinians and left-wing activists
from Israel and the world, in protest
against the construction of the
separation fence in Naalin.
These protests often became violent.
Over a week ago at least ten demonstrators,
five of them Israelis, clashed with security
forces.
At that time there were around 400
activists that had arrived in the
village following the closure imposed
by the IDF in an effort to prevent
the protests.
The residents of the village are protesting
against the IDF's plan to confiscate half of
the 2,000 acres belonging to the residents,
which they claim represents only about a
seventh of the amount of land they used to own.
'Serious and unlawful'
The IDF responded to the reports by
stating that "this is a very serious
and unlawful incident that negates
the values of the IDF,
in which firing as a means
for the scattering of protests
(not 'live' fire) was used against
a Palestinian detainee,
who had been arrested by our forces,
after he had taken part in a violent
demonstration against the construction
of the separation fence in the village
of Naalin.
"The army's code strictly prohibits
the injuring of detainees and requires
the soldiers to maintain respect for
them and the wholeness of their bodies.
Incidents of injured detainees are transferred,
according to IDF policies, to the IMP to be
investigated.
In this case,
following the transfer of the tape,
Military Advocate General Brig.-Gen.
Avihai Mandelblit has ordered the
IMP to launch an investigation into
the matter."
The IDF further stated that the Palestinian
was examined by a military doctor and diagnosed
with a very light wound on his big toe.
He was released to his home without
requiring any further medical treatment.
Kixi
> Demonstrations against The Wall.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ht0ecKZ0-0
Here is the clip from Aljazeera - 1 min 24 sec.
It shows the jew firing from about 2 metres at the victim's leg. He's
handcuffed and blindfolded. The jews were on another incursion into
Palestine grabbing people to take back to Israel's infamous prison
camps.
Ariadne
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It's Pallywood. No way did that bullet at that angle
hit his toe.
al Guacamole
> Demonstrations against The Wall.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ht0ecKZ0-0
Disturbing. And will probably result in a cover-up of the crime.