IDF soldier said to apologize for shooting unarmed Palestinian to death

14 April 2022, 8:55 pm

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Israeli troops filmed in the aftermath of a shooting incident in Husan in which a Palestinian woman was killed on Sunday, April 10, 2022 (Screenshot/Palestine TV)

A relative of an unarmed Palestinian woman who was shot dead by Israeli troops earlier this week tells the Haaretz daily that a soldier at the scene told her he was sorry for the incident.

Ghada Sabateen, a widowed 47-year-old mother of six, was shot dead after lunging at troops and ignoring calls to halt. She was not armed, however.

“I tried to get there and the soldier pointed a weapon in my direction and told me it was forbidden. I told them she was my sister’s daughter, how should I stay away?” Sabateen’s aunt, Muna, tells Haaretz.

“I asked the soldier if there was anything on her and he said no. If she did anything, and he said no. The soldier told me, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry,'” she recalls according to the newspaper.