Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian siblings “without cause”, an investigation conducted by human rights NGO B’Tselem has concluded.
This is what Israeli Army doing with para medical staff and press in occupied Palestine @RSF_inter @pressfreedom @freepressunltd pic.twitter.com/dnSyl0i9pQ
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) December 12, 2017
On October 31, Muhammad Musa, 26, and his sister Latifah, 34, a married mother of five, were driving from their village, Deir Ballut, to Ramallah.
When the car arrived at a roundabout near Halamish settlement around 8.45am, two Israeli soldiers emerged from a nearby military post. They ordered the car to stop and one soldier opened fire, continuing to shoot even after the car had passed him.
This is the Israeli army. “The most moral army in the world “
How many people do you need to arrest a child? pic.twitter.com/HgNk8s2OSW— Julian Burnside (@JulianBurnside) December 11, 2017
Muhammad was struck in the upper body, and Latifah was injured in her shoulder. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, none of the soldiers, police officers or Israeli paramedics gave Muhammad first aid. When Palestine Red Crescent medics arrived, soldiers halted their work.
Muhammad died of his wounds shortly after arriving at hospital. Latifah was released from hospital on November 5.
Today the Israeli army shot direct tear gas toward me and the journalists without any reason . pic.twitter.com/j7AT8JglYa
— Issa Amro عيسى عمرو (@Issaamro) December 13, 2017
B’Tselem’s investigation found that “the soldier shot and killed Muhammad Musa and injured his sister, Latifah Musa, without any justification and without facing any danger.”
Eyewitness testimonies “also indicate that all the Israeli personnel on the scene – the soldiers originally present, the security forces that arrived later and the paramedics – refrained from giving the injured Palestinians medical treatment for several minutes.”
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
