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Last week, IDF soldiers seriously injured and severely injured a blindfolded Palestinian youth while handcuffed while trying to escape arrest last week in the central West Bank.
According to Palestinian media reports, 16-year-old Osama al-Badn was arrested during clashes with Israeli security forces in the town of Tuqu, outside the Tekoa settlement, just south of Bethlehem, Thursday.
The army said it was throwing stones at nearby Israeli troops and civilians.
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Shortly after his arrest, eyewitnesses testified that Badn had run to retrieve it and that the soldiers had pulled him from behind to prevent him from escaping.
An Israeli Defense Forces soldier clashes with Palestinians outside Tuqu city in the West Bank on April 18, 2019. (Screenshot: Mohammad Hmeid)
Part of the incident was filmed by Palestinians, who told the Hebrew media that the soldiers had initially prevented members of the public from evacuating Badn to a hospital.
"There were clashes at the time, and [troops] The catches it and holds it for about 15 minutes, "said Muhammad Hajaza at Channel 12.
"The clashes became more serious and the young man decided to flee even though he was blindfolded and handcuffed," Hajaza said. "The soldier who followed him shot the teen with a gun at a distance of 15 meters."
# شاهد | من مسافة صفر واستخدام مسدس الاحتلال يطلق النار على على شاب في بلدة تقوع ويصيبه بجروح خطيرة.
ורסם על ידי Mohammad Hmeid – יום חמישי, July 18, 2019
Hajaza testified that Badr was shot in the lower body and that the soldiers did not let the pbaders-by first monitor him, an badertion that the IDF denied.
Footage of the incident filmed by Musa Hamid showed soldiers pointing an elite sniper rifle at the group of pbadersby huddling around the injured teenager. In the clip, an officer gives first aid to a teenager alongside a Palestinian woman, while another soldier points his gun at pbaders-by, warning them to stay away or away. "shoot you".
The troops eventually withdraw and allow the group of Palestinians to take Badr.
Badr was taken to the Bethlehem Hospital. The doctors told the Palestinian authorities official Wafa news agency that he was in serious condition but had to recover.
An IDF soldier interviews a Palestinian woman in Tuqu, West Bank, on April 18, 2019. (Mohammad Hmeid)
On Sunday, the IDF confirmed the incident, saying in a statement to Haaretz that the troops had arrested Badr after a "violent riot that included throwing stones at Israeli security forces and cars, threatening the lives of civilians." and security forces. "
The army said the troops had used conventional methods of riot dispersal to dispel unrest and confirmed that they had opened fire on an inmate attempting to escape. According to the statement, the security forces gave the teenager "immediate medical care", while stating that the incident would be re-examined.
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