IDF suspends officer whose troops shot a Palestinian without justification - Haaretz

Last update - 00:10 27/07/2007

IDF suspends officer whose troops shot a Palestinian without justification

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

The Israel Defense Forces suspended a platoon commander Thursday, after his troops shot and wounded a Palestinian civilian without any apparent justification in the Southern Hebron Hills earlier in the day.

The Palestinian man was moderately to seriously wounded in the incident. The soldiers said the man aroused their suspicion.

The troops entered a Palestinian taxi for reasons that are not yet clear, and at some point during the incident shot the Palestinian civilian.

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Following an initial investigation of the incident, IDF troop commander in the West Bank Brigadier-General Noam Tivon decided to suspend the officer from all operational activity in the West Bank.

The IDF said the investigation into the matter is ongoing.

Meanwhile, IDF soldiers killed five Palestinians in two separate incidents on Thursday, one in the morning hours during a military incursion in the Gaza Strip and the other a few hours later at a West Bank checkpoint.

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1.	Bots please note	16:38	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	26/07/07

2.	sloppy Journalism...and a big lie	17:11	\|	Km	26/07/07

3.	Palestinian arrested by PA for shooting at Israeli	18:34	\|	Polybios	26/07/07

4.	i hope it`s not just done with suspending, jail him !!!!!	18:44	\|	lola	26/07/07

5.	thats it..... !!!!!	19:11	\|	ravi	26/07/07

6.	He Aroused Suspicion, That is a Reason	19:40	\|	Efox	26/07/07

7.	re: lola	19:42	\|	Efox	26/07/07

8.	Lola,were your policemen punished for the "suicide"	20:10	\|	Absolute Sweden	26/07/07

9.	What do you mean ravi?	20:11	\|	Polybios	26/07/07

10.	How many Palestinian officers I wonder have been suspended for	20:19	\|	Anat	26/07/07

11.	10 Anat	21:32	\|	ScotGuy	26/07/07

12.	File #3 under "Headlines You`ll Never Ever See"	22:15	\|	Max	26/07/07

13.	Suspended? He should be brought up on charges of attempted murder	22:39	\|	Israeli guy	26/07/07

14.	What do you expect	23:50	\|	ottomatik	26/07/07

15.	1 000 new guns on their way to the West Bank.	01:17	\|	Maureen Ann	27/07/07

16.	re: Israeli guy	01:27	\|	Efox	27/07/07

17.	At least the IDF did the right thing....	08:17	\|	Silvienne	27/07/07

18.	absolute sweden 8	03:12	\|	accuracy	29/07/07

19.	scotguy 11	03:15	\|	accuracy	29/07/07

20.	The IDF taking the higher grounds.	04:28	\|	Yered Shmuel	30/07/07