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An IDF soldier threw stones at a crew of Haaretz (the photographer and newspaper correspondent) on Tuesday to cover the dismantling of the temporary site to house the residents of Khan Kashmir village in the West Bank after their evacuation from illegal encampment .
The stones were projected when Haaretz photographer Emil Salman began taking pictures of the dismantling of the site. He then identified himself as the newspaper's photographer to a soldier on the site.
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The soldier threw five stones, which did not hurt the crew and did not cause any damage.
The Israeli army said that the soldier "acted in violation of the values of the Israeli army and its expectations. The incident will be investigated and will be handled by its commanders. "
The journalist and the photographer were documenting the dismantling of temporary mobile homes in Azzariyeh, east of Jerusalem. Work began after Saturday's freeze on the eviction of Bedouin residents due to their opposition to moving to the new site.
The civilian subcontractor working on the site asked the Haaretz team to leave the site and they went on the road nearby. Soldiers from the Israeli Army's Etzion Regional Brigade guarding the site asked the team to identify themselves, which they did. These soldiers were not involved in the incident of throwing stones.
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While Haaretz was photographing the site, two civilian employees approached them and cursed them. One of the men identified himself as an employee of the Israeli Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria, but the Civil Administration subsequently denied that he was an employee and that he was a contractor. outside. A few minutes later, a soldier dressed in a uniform and a non-military shirt approached the Haaretz team and started throwing stones. The soldier hid behind one of the site's mobile homes to avoid being photographed, but was later photographed.
Workers at the site were very tense as they had recently received threats from Palestinians in the area, including Palestinian Authority officials, who objected to the construction of the building. an alternative site for residents of Khan al-Ahmar, said a source at the defense establishment newspaper.
The Ministry of Defense and Civil Administration of the West Bank continue to dismantle the structures of the site, after several weeks of construction on the site located near Azzariyeh. The freeze of evacuation was approved this week by the security firm. Officially, the move was postponed due to the desire to reach an agreement after discussions with the villagers.
In recent weeks, as security forces were preparing for a forced evacuation, the German government and the Chief Prosecutor of the International Court of Justice in The Hague have exerted strong diplomatic pressure on Israel to He gives up his plan.
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