Occupied Jerusalem: A 33-year-old Palestinian man was killed early on Thursday by Israeli occupation soldiers who are seen on a surveillance camera video kicking and beating him with their rifles after he comes charging down an alley, carrying a long object on his shoulder.
The Israeli military confirmed that the video showed parts of a pre-dawn arrest raid in the West Bank town of Jericho.
The army statement depicted the soldiers ‘defending’ themselves from the man who they claimed attacked them with a steel rod.
Often times, Israeli soldiers plant weapons on dead Palestinians after they are killed.
The grainy video shows an alley lined by storefronts.
A man is seen throwing stones, in the direction of soldiers who are in one of the stores in the alley.
Seconds later, a man is seen charging down the alley carrying a long object with three legs, like a tripod, on his shoulder.
He is heading in the direction of the store where the soldiers are. Once he is level with the store, one of the soldiers jumps out, aiming his rifle at him.
The man drops to the ground. The soldier kicks him and beats him with his rifle. Several other soldiers join in, also kicking and beating him, before pulling him into the store.
At a later point, four soldiers are seen carrying him across the alley, holding him by his hands and feet.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said Israel later informed the family of Yassin Al Saradih of his death.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted a relative, Esmail Al Masri, as saying soldiers beat Al Saradih “as soon as he approached his uncle’s house to check why the army was raiding it.”
The military said the incident is under investigation.
