Leaked video shows Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinian civilian in the back

JERUSALEM, November 03, 2019 (WAFA) — A video footage that has gone viral online showed an Israeli Border Police officer shooting a Palestinian man who had his back turned toward the officer, his hands up and was walking away.

In the short video, released by Israeli Channel 13, officers can be heard yelling, “Run already” at the man, before one of the officers shoots him.

The man, who was shot by a rubber-coated bullet, was wounded in the back but according to the Israeli military, he rose immediately afterwards and continued on his way.

Israeli daily Haaretz said evidence about the incident includes text messages in which members of the unit boasted about the incident and the main suspect’s admission via text messages.

It claimed that the officer who fired the rubber-coated rounds was discharged from the Border Police and returned to the army to complete her mandatory service.

This was not the first incident in which Israeli occupation forces open fire at Palestinian civilians despite posing no threat to the soldiers’ lives.

UPDATE:

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Justice Ministry says it will soon decide whether to file charges against a former policewoman who shot an unarmed Palestinian in the back with a sponge-tipped bullet.

The ministry said Sunday it has completed a criminal investigation after holding four hearings into last year’s incident. It did not say when it will announce its decision.

Channel 13 news aired a video of the incident Saturday, saying the man was stopped as he tried to enter Israel from the West Bank. He is ordered to leave and walks away. He is shot nearly 20 seconds later, screaming in pain as he collapses.