Israeli forces state the Palestinian male ‘tried ramming attack’, however the Palestinian foreign ministry states it was a ‘traffic mishap’.
Published On 24 Sep 2022
Israeli forces have actually shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank after what the army called an “attempted ramming attack”, however the Palestinian authorities have actually implicated Israeli cops of purposefully eliminating the male, recognized as Muhammad Ali Hussein Awad.
” The Israeli cops intentionally shot Awad, with the goal of eliminating him, after his lorry hit a squad car in a traffic mishap,” the Palestinian foreign ministry stated on Saturday.
The 36- year-old from the West Bank town of Beit Ijza, near Jerusalem, was a “defenceless Palestinian” who was not “presenting any risk”, the ministry included.
The Israeli armed force stated a soldier and a law enforcement officer saw an automobile accelerating as it headed directly at them in an obvious effort to ram into them. The soldier then shot towards the lorry, it stated, and the suspect was “neutralised”.
The victim’s household likewise objected to the Israeli army’s variation of the occurrence, stating the 36- year-old most likely lost control of the vehicle, according to Reuters.
Al Jazeera might not instantly confirm competing accounts of the occurrence.
The dad of 3 worked as an instructor in a school in Bir Nabala town, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian news firm WAFA.
His cousin, Ramadan, informed WAFA that the Israeli forces opened fire instead of helping him after the crash.
They have actually dealt with criticism over their regular usage of deadly force, consisting of in the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin in May.
Israel has actually been on high alert in advance of the Jewish holiday, starting on Sunday night with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year.
Car-ramming occurrences and other attacks by Palestinians on Israeli military cars at checkpoints have actually routinely happened over the last few years in the West Bank, which Israel inhabited after the Six Day War of 1967.
The northern West Bank– significantly Jenin and Nablus– has actually seen near-daily Israeli military operations because March.
Israel has actually introduced numerous raids in the location in pursuit of people it implicates of participation in lethal attacks targeting Israelis.
These raids have actually triggered clashes that have actually eliminated lots of Palestinians and irritated stress throughout Israel and the occupied areas.
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