More horror in the war in the Middle East. In parallel with its war in Gaza, the Israeli army is also intervening in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces are carrying out operations presented as ” anti-terrorists “, mainly in the Jenin region. On Thursday, September 19, Israeli soldiers were filmed throwing the bodies of Palestinians from the top of a building, after having shot them. RFI contacted the Israeli army, which speaks of a ” serious incident, under review “.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa
The scene was filmed from two different angles. The shot and reverse shot of an act of a ” terrible barbarity “, denounce Palestinians on social networks.
The tragedy took place in Qabatiya, a Palestinian town in the northern occupied West Bank. Standing on the terrace of a building, Israeli soldiers drag the bodies of three Palestinians, throwing them into the void one after the other. The last corpse is kicked off the edge of the roof.
” A serious incident »
Contacted by RFI, the israeli army does not deny. This is a serious incident, which does not correspond to the values of the IDF and the expectations of IDF soldiers. “, details the army, which claims that the incident is ” under review “.
On Thursday, September 19, Israeli forces reported that four Palestinian fighters had been ” eliminated “, in an airstrike in this region of Jenin. Without specifying whether the two events were linked.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, more than 700 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank and in Jerusalem, by the Israeli army or by Jewish settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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