Palestinian killed in clash with settler filmed his own final moments, new footage shows

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Awdah Hathaleen (right) in Umm al-Khair. (Courtesy)
Awdah Hathaleen (right) in Umm al-Khair. (Courtesy)

The B’Tselem human rights organization has released new footage of the death of Awdah Hathaleen, a resident of Umm al-Kheir in the southern West Bank, who was killed about two weeks ago in his village in the South Hebron Hills during a clash with a settler.

The footage was filmed by Hathaleen himself, moments before his death.

It shows Yinon Levy, the extremist settler who was briefly arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide, confronting Palestinians.

After several people positioned between Levy and Hathaleen are seen throwing stones, Levy fires in the direction where Hathaleen is located.

The recording then cuts off.

Levy was arrested by police after the incident, but was released to house arrest, which ended about a week and a half ago.

Last Monday, he returned to overseeing construction work on a new neighborhood in the Carmel settlement, adjacent to the village of Umm al-Kheir.

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