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by IMEMC News
November 3, 2019 11:32 AM

A video taken by an Israeli border patrol officer 18 months ago was released on Israeli television Saturday, and it shows a soldier shooting an unarmed Palestinian with his hands up in a tunnel road in the West Bank.

The 26-second clip shows a Palestinian man holding up his hands and walking away as two soldiers shout at him. Then one of the soldiers shoots the Palestinian in the leg.

It was released on Israeli channel 13.

The Palestinian man appears to be complying with the Israeli soldiers’ orders when he is suddenly shot, and collapses to the ground.

According to Israeli media sources, the Border Police stated that the border officer responsible for the shooting was kicked off the force once the incident was discovered.

But the officer has, according to Israeli sources, been sent to be part of the Israeli military occupying the West Bank, while this incident is being investigated.

The Palestinian victim in the video has not been identified by the Israeli Border Police. It is not clear how badly he was injured by the shot.
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WATCH Israeli Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Palestinian in the Back With Sponge-tipped Bullet

Channel 13 News shows documentation of year-old incident of Border Police officer telling Palestinian to walk away and then firing a rubber-tipped round at his back once he gains distance

by Josh Breiner for Haaretz
Published Nov 02, 2019 11:13 PM
Incident occurred 18 months ago.

A video showing an Israeli Border Police officer firing a sponge-tipped round at a Palestinian man who was leaving the scene with his arms raised, in accordance with her instructions, was revealed on Saturday evening on Israel Channel 13 News.

As reported in Haaretz about a year ago, the officer was arrested on suspicion of shooting without justification. At her detention hearing after her arrest in October 2018, the judge said the officer apparently shot the Palestinian “as a dubious form of entertainment.”

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הערב במהדורת השבת ב- @newsisrael13 נביא תיעוד בלעדי של אחד מלוחמי מג"ב מבצע ירי בכדור ספוג לעבר פלסטיני שלא מהווה סכנה וידיו באוויר

הפלסטיני שרצה להיכנס לישראל הורחק בידי לוחמי מג"ב ובעודו חוזר לשטחים נורה בגבו ללא כל סיבה ונפצע


In the video, Border Police officers shout, “Run already” at the man, before one of the officers shoots him. Four additional Border Police officers were arrested in connection with the incident.

The officer who fired the sponge-tipped bullet was discharged from the Border Police and returned to the army to complete her mandatory service. The investigation was completed, a hearing was held for the defendant and the Justice Ministry unit that investigates allegations of police misconduct is expected to issue an indictment against her, and possibly against other members of her unit, within a few weeks.

As Haaretz reported, The evidence includes text messages in which members of the unit boasted about the incident and the main suspect's admission via text messages. She also faces a charge of obstructing justice, since she allegedly asked her fellow police officers not to talk about the incident. However, the incident was eventually reported by Border Police officers.

The event came to light during the investigation of a different incident, in which members of the Border Police allegedly beat a Palestinian man for no reason.