Footage of an Israeli raid within the occupied West Financial institution confirmed a soldier pushing an apparently lifeless man off a rooftop, in what the military described Friday as a “critical incident”.
AFPTV footage of the operation within the city of Qabatiyah, close to Jenin, on Thursday confirmed an Israeli soldier utilizing his foot to roll the physique in direction of the sting of the roof after which pushing him over, whereas not less than two different troopers regarded on.
Qabatiyah is positioned within the northern West Financial institution, the place the navy has been finishing up large-scale raids since late August that the Palestinian well being ministry says have left dozens lifeless.
The navy mentioned in a press release on Friday that 4 militants had been killed “in an trade of fireplace” in Qabatiyah, whereas three had been killed in an air strike on a car.
Requested concerning the footage displaying a soldier pushing a physique off a rooftop, the navy mentioned the motion conflicted with its values.
“It is a critical incident that doesn’t coincide with (Israel Protection Forces) values and the expectations from IDF troopers. The incident is underneath evaluation,” it mentioned.
Violence within the West Financial institution has surged alongside the battle in Gaza sparked by Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel.
Since that assault, Israeli troops or settlers have killed not less than 682 Palestinians within the West Financial institution, in keeping with the Palestinian well being ministry.
A minimum of 24 Israelis, together with members of the safety forces, have been killed in Palestinian militant assaults throughout the identical interval, Israeli officers say.
For the reason that large-scale raids started in late August, Hamas and one other militant group, Islamic Jihad, have claimed not less than 14 of the lifeless as members.
The navy mentioned that a kind of killed in Qabatiyah was Shadi Zakarneh, who it recognized as “chargeable for directing and finishing up assaults within the northern West Financial institution space”.
It mentioned he was “the pinnacle of the terrorist organisation” in Qabatiyah however didn’t specify which group he belonged to.
Main Israeli operations within the West Financial institution are generally occurring “at a scale not witnessed within the final 20 years,” United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk mentioned on September 9.
Israel has occupied the West Financial institution since 1967 and its forces frequently make incursions into Palestinian communities however the present raids mark an escalation, residents say.