Military Police will probe soldier’s accidental killing of civilian in Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian

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1 December 2023, 2:24 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The scene of a terror shooting at the entrance to Jerusalem, November 30, 2023. (Courtesy)

The Military Police will investigate the killing of Yuval Castleman, the armed civilian who was shot by a soldier during a terror attack in Jerusalem yesterday.

Castleman was engaging the two Palestinian terrorists when soldiers mistook him for an additional assailant. Footage showed that even after Castleman put his gun down and held his hands in the air, he was shot by an off-duty soldier.

The IDF says the Military Police’s investigatory unit — known in Hebrew by its acronym metzach — will join the police and Shin Bet investigation of the attack.

“The IDF expresses sorrow for the death of the civilian,” the military says.