Two Israeli soldiers who killed an unarmed Palestinian boy in 2013 could be acquitted, Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed on Wednesday.
The two soldiers, a squad commander and a member of a squad, opened fire in 2013, at 16-year-old Samir Awad, in the vicinity of the Apartheid Wall near the village of Badras, in the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Awad had been taking part in peaceful protests against the wall. He crossed the fence but when he saw Israeli soldiers he fled and was trapped between the first and second fence.
In January 2013, Israeli forces ambushed Palestinian child Samir Awad. As he fled, they shot & killed him. Two soldiers were charged – not with murder, or even manslaughter, but "recklessness & negligence".
And now they're negotiating a plea deal. https://t.co/NBCJOfTeK1
— Ben White (@benabyad) March 14, 2018
According to the indictment against the two soldiers, as Awad fled, the commander fired three bullets and the soldiers fired two bullets.
The boy was wounded and taken to a Palestinian hospital in Ramallah, where he was pronounced dead. However, it was not clear whose bullets killed him.
‘Days of Palestine’ reported that the soldiers were indicted on charges of recklessness and negligence, which has a maximum penalty of three years. However, the charges were not proven in court.
https://t.co/HrApzDKaFp @purplhaze42 @Pal2Pals59 @rico_hands @PSogeco @TanyaKasim @wherepond @leena_dajani @OhRoyalOne @RebelPioneers @wherepond @178kakapo @cyanbutterfly @Betelgeuse100 @takethepss @inabster -Samir Awad is another victim of Israel's biased judicial system
— x Madenie x dan (@MadzXdan) March 14, 2018
Israeli rights group B’Tselem carried out an investigation into the incident and proved that the boy was shot by the soldiers, in spite of the fact he did not pose any danger to them, noting that they violated the regulations on the issue.
The Israeli Public Prosecution is expected to make a decision prior to the next court hearing, as negotiations for a plea bargain are currently underway.
The hearing is expected to take place on March 26.
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The Israeli soldiers are guilty of executing the boy as he was unarmed and posed no danger to them.
? I fail to see why this is news. Killing gentiles is only a criminal offence in Israel if you’re videotaped doing it and the videotape makes it to the international press.
This didn’t happen here, so acquittal was a foregone conclusion.