IDF opens probe into troops filmed shooting dead already-neutralized Palestinian suspect
The B’Tselem rights group publishes security camera footage obtained from the al-Faraa refugee camp in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank showing IDF troops shooting dead two Palestinians at short range on December 8.
The army was engaged in a chase after a group of Palestinian men who are seen trying to flee the scene upon the arrival of an IDF jeep.
Soldiers then fire from the jeep, striking 25-year-old Rami Jundob who appears to be holding an explosive device. Jundob falls down, and the jeep moves closer to him before one of the soldiers inside fires at him again.
Jundob is then seen lifting his hand before the soldiers again proceed to fire repeatedly at him from close range. He died of his wounds the next day, B’Tselem says.
Thaar Shahin, a 36-year-old Palestinian is then seen peeking up from a car where he was hiding. The soldiers then fired at him.
Both were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were later pronounced dead, B’Tselem says.
Asked for comment on the incident, the IDF says in a statement that the Military Police opened a probe into the matter “on the suspicion that illegal shooting was carried out during the incident. At the end of the investigation, the findings will be submitted to the Military Advocate General for consideration.”
Original security camera footage obtained by B'Tselem captures two short-range executions of Palestinians in al-Far'ah R.C. on 8 December 2023. pic.twitter.com/gyDztMXIww
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