A Palestinian man has died two years after being shot in the neck by an IDF soldier during a skirmish.
Since he was shot in January 2021, Haroun Abu Aram, 26, had been paralyzed from the neck down and had trouble breathing.
The incident took place in the South Hebron Hills as troops arrived to confiscate an electric generator and other equipment from the unrecognized West Bank village of al-Rakeez, that was allegedly used in illegal construction.
The military said the lives of the soldiers involved had been in danger when the shooting took place. An investigation found that the bullet was not aimed at Abu Aram’s neck, but was fired unintentionally after another Palestinian grabbed the soldier’s gun, the military said after the incident.
The military’s account of the incident is contrary to that of Palestinian eyewitnesses, who claimed the soldier fired deliberately at Abu Aram.
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