{"id":25150,"date":"2018-12-11T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25150"},"modified":"2018-12-11T18:23:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:23:33","slug":"israeli-killing-of-young-palestinian-unlawful-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=25150","title":{"rendered":"Israeli killing of young Palestinian unlawful, video shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ramallah<\/strong>\u00a0– Video footage released on Tuesday showed the fatal shooting by Israeli forces of a mentally challenged Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank<\/a> last week was unlawful and unjustified.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Hossam Abdel Latif Habali<\/a>, 22, can be seen in the video<\/a> walking down a street in\u00a0Tulkarem, a northwestern town in the West Bank; he was walking<\/span>\u00a0away from soldiers when he was shot in the back of the head.<\/p>\n

Sourced from four security cameras at the scene by Israeli NGO B’tselem, the footage showed there was no disturbance or clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli army when Habali was killed.<\/p>\n

After the incident on December 4, Israeli forces declared they were responding to a “violent disturbance of the peace”, though the video contradicts them being in any danger.<\/p>\n

At about midnight last Tuesday, 100 Israeli soldiers entered Tulkarem to conduct raids in various Palestinian homes.<\/p>\n

At the time, a few young Palestinians came out onto the street and threw stones at the soldiers, who responded by firing rubber-coated rounds and tear gas.<\/p>\n

More than two hours later, in a different part of the city, about 30 Israeli soldiers spread out in small teams across a-Nuzha Street and an alley near al-Fadiliyah Boys’ High School.<\/p>\n

Residents of Tulkarem came out of their homes and stood near a local restaurant about 150 metres away from the soldiers to see what was happening.<\/p>\n