El grupo palestino Jóvenes Contra los Asentamientos publicó este
sábado un vídeo en el que se puede ver cómo soldados israelíes colocan junto al
cadáver de un joven palestino un
objeto que podría ser un cuchillo, con lo que justificarían así los
disparos con los que un colono judío acabó con su vida, informa Europa Press.
El joven Fadil Qawasmi, de 18 años, murió tiroteado este sábado en una calle del centro de la ciudad cisjordana de Hebrón supuestamente tras intentar apuñalar al colono que luego le mató. El colono está ileso.
El joven Fadil Qawasmi, de 18 años, murió tiroteado este sábado en una calle del centro de la ciudad cisjordana de Hebrón supuestamente tras intentar apuñalar al colono que luego le mató. El colono está ileso.
El incidente ocurrió en la calle Shuhada, una zona restringida para los palestinos desde hace dos décadas y a la que solo pueden acceder a través de un control de seguridad con detector de metales. Este hecho ya hizo cuestionar la versión oficial.
En la zona viven unos 600 colonos judíos que ocupan antiguas casas palestinas. Los pocos palestinos que viven en la zona tienen que atravesar estos controles de seguridad.
Las autoridades israelíes investigan ya lo ocurrido a petición del departamento de enlace del Gobierno palestino, planteado al parecer tras el visionado del vídeo, según informó la agencia de noticias palestina Maan.
Mientras, efectivos israelíes detuvieron al coordinador para los medios de comunicación de Jóvenes Contra los Asentamientos,Ahmad Amr, y a un palestino que fue testigo de lo ocurrido.
A Palestinian activist group on Saturday released video footage that may
show Israeli soldiers planting a knife next to the body of an 18-year-old
Palestinian shot dead by a settler in Hebron earlier in the day.
The footage -- released by Youth Against Settlements -- shows an Israeli
soldier handing an unidentified object to another soldier, who then bends
forward, possibly placing the object next to the Palestinian's body.
An Israeli army spokesperson earlier claimed that the Palestinian,
identified as Fadil Qawasmi, had attempted to stab the Israeli settler, who
then "opened live fire on the assailant," killing him. The settler
was not injured during the incident.
Shuhada Street lies at the heart of tensions in Hebron's Old City where
Israeli forces have severely restricted Palestinian access for more than two
decades.
Local Palestinians are prevented from accessing most of the street in order
to "secure" the area for around 600 Jewish settlers who have taken
over homes and evicted residents in the area.
Palestinians may only access the street by passing through an Israeli
military checkpoint with a metal detector, causing locals to question whether
Qawasmi could have been carrying a knife at the time of the alleged attack.
Sources told Ma'an that Israeli authorities had agreed to investigate the
shooting following a request from the Palestinian liaison department. The
liaison department reportedly made the request after they saw the footage.
Israeli forces have meanwhile detained the media coordinator for Youth
Against Settlements, Ahmad Amr, as well as a Palestinian who witnessed the
shooting.
On Wednesday, Israeli human rights organizations released a statement
arguing that recent calls by Israeli politicians to shoot Palestinian attackers
rather than arrest them effectively endorses the killing of Palestinians.
The statement added that "in instances when Jews have been suspected
of attacks, none of the suspects has been shot."
An investigation from Israeli rights group B'Tselem has meanwhile found
that two Palestinians shot dead after alleged attacks, Fadi Alloun and Basel
Sidr, "were shot while no longer posing danger."
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