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IDF says it opened probe after video showed soldiers, civilian hitting Palestinian in West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it is investigating after footage showed soldiers and an Israeli civilian hitting a Palestinian man in the West Bank on Friday.
According to the military, troops had been dispatched to the settlement of Beitar Illit after it received reports of several Palestinian suspects approaching the community’s fence.
“Upon the arrival of the troops, a violent confrontation developed with one of the suspects, who refused to identify himself to the forces,” the army says, adding that the suspect was detained and handed over to the police for further questioning.
Palestinian media reports that the man, Ahmad Shakarneh, 65, had arrived in the area, on the outskirts of the village of Nahalin, to pick olives.
The army says “the incident is being investigated,” without elaborating further on the video, which showed an Israeli civilian hitting Shakarneh, before soldiers intervene and also beat the man.
#فيديو| مشاهد قاسية توثق لحظة اعتداء مستوطن وجنود الاحتلال على ضرب مزارع أمام زوجته، أثناء قطف ثمار الزيتون، في بلدة نحالين غرب بيت لحم pic.twitter.com/DQGLreUhPe
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) October 25, 2025
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