’Israeli’ Top Criminality: Shooting Dead Injured Palestinian!
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Graphic video footage has emerged that purports to show an "Israeli" soldier shooting dead a Palestinian man as he lay injured on the ground after a stabbing attack.
Amateur footage shows the man, named as Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif, lying in the street as medical workers treat an "Israeli" troop who had reportedly suffered minor injuries.
Other "Israeli" soldiers can be seen surrounding martyr al-Sharif, who appears to be hurt but still alive. One of the soldiers is then seen raising his gun and apparently shooting him in the head, before blood is seen pouring from his wound.
Al-Sharif and another Palestinian man, Ramzi Aziz al-Qasrawi, had been martyred after allegedly stabbing a solider in al-Khalil [Hebron] of the occupied West Bank.
According to Ma'an news agency, the soldier was removed from the scene to receive treatment for moderate injuries.
According to Ma'an, a witness said: "I heard gunshots, went outside my house to check what it was, and saw several "Israeli" soldiers yelling and two youths on the ground. An "Israeli" soldier approached one of the youths that were moving while yelling and opened fire at him from zero range."
Responding to the video, Philip Luther, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at Amnesty International, said the shooting could amount to a war crime.
"The shooting of a wounded and incapacitated person, even if they have been involved in an attack, has absolutely no justification and must be prosecuted as a potential war crime."
""Israeli" forces have a long history of carrying out unlawful killings - including extrajudicial executions - in the Occupied Palestinian Territories with impunity. Amnesty International has documented a number of similar cases during the upsurge in violence that began in October," said Luther.
He further stated: "While it is encouraging that the soldier in the video has reportedly been suspended and placed under investigation, previous "Israeli" investigations have failed to hold members of the "Israeli" forces accountable even when there has been clear evidence of criminal wrongdoing."
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has previously voiced "deep concern over reports of excessive use of force by "Israeli" forces".
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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