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 “severe 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 the direction of the sting of the roof after which pushing him over, whereas at the least two different troopers regarded on.
Qabatiyah is within the northern West Financial institution, the place the army has been finishing up large-scale raids since late August that the Palestinian well being ministry says have left dozens lifeless.
Israel’s army mentioned in an announcement on Friday that 4 militants have been killed “in an alternate of fireside” in Qabatiyah, whereas three have been killed in an air strike on a car.
Requested concerning the footage exhibiting a soldier pushing a physique off a rooftop, the army mentioned the motion conflicted with its values.
“This can be a severe incident that doesn’t coincide with (Israel Protection Forces) values and the expectations from IDF troopers. The incident is underneath evaluate,” it mentioned.
The White Home on Friday described the footage as “deeply disturbing”, and mentioned it had demanded an evidence from Israel.
“We have seen that video, and we discovered it deeply disturbing. If it is confirmed to be genuine, it clearly would depict abhorrent and egregious behaviour by skilled troopers,” Nationwide Safety Council spokesman John Kirby mentioned.
– Surging violence –
Violence within the West Financial institution has surged alongside the conflict in Gaza sparked by Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel.
Since that assault, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at the least 682 Palestinians within the West Financial institution, in response to the Palestinian well being ministry.
No less than 24 Israelis, together with members of the safety forces, have been killed in Palestinian militant assaults throughout the identical interval, Israeli officers say.
Because the large-scale raids started in late August, Hamas and one other militant group, Islamic Jihad, have claimed at the least 14 of the lifeless as their members.
The army mentioned that a type of killed in Qabatiyah was Shadi Zakarneh, and recognized him as “accountable 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 typically “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 commonly make incursions into Palestinian communities, however residents say the present raids are an escalation.
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