Rights group B’Tselem releases a statement condemning a video appearing to show soldiers cheering after shooting a Palestinian near the Gaza border, claiming the incident wasn’t a lone occurrence.
“B’Tselem expresses remorse over the existence of blatantly illegal orders that instruct soldiers to shoot people who endanger no one,” it said.
“Shooting similar to what is seen in the video has occurred hundreds of times in recent weeks in the Gaza Strip and caused deaths and injuries — all this with the full backing of the political echelon and senior officers in the military,” it adds.
B’Tselem says condemnations of the shooting by public figures are “meaningless,” and claims the military investigation “will whitewash the truth.”
The army earlier said it would investigate the incident depicted in the video, which it said appeared to take place several months ago.
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