Zionist Troops Kill Palestinian, Wound Wife
RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – Zionist troops shot dead a Palestinian motorist who they claimed tried to ram them at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday - an account disputed by his wife, who was with him in the car.
Salem Eid, the mayor of Biddu village, where the man lived, said Palestinians may raise the incident at the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor announced last month it would formally investigate war crimes in the Palestinian territories.
The Palestinian health ministry said the man, identified as 42-year-old Osama Mansour, had been killed and his wife had sustained bullet fragment injuries. The military statement said no troops were hurt in the late night incident.
"They told us to stop the car and we stopped and turned it off,” the man’s spouse, Sumaya Mansour, 35, told Palestine TV. "Then they looked at us and told us to go, we turned the car on and moved and all of them started shooting at us.”
The woman was taken to Palestine Medical Complex in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, where her condition was reportedly stable.
Eid challenged the military’s accusation that the driver had carried out an attack, noting that he was a father of five and his wife was with him in the vehicle.
Eyewitnesses told Wafa that Zionist troops fired a stun grenade at the car at 3:30 a.m. (0030 GMT). They added that Zionist troops started firing shots as soon as the man pulled over the car.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced the incident, describing it as "a field execution”.
In another incident, clashes were reported between Palestinian residents and the Zionist troops in Bir Nabala on Monday evening.
Zionist troops have on numerous occasions been caught on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going viral online and sparking international condemnation.
The occupying regime has been criticized for its extensive use of lethal force against and extrajudicial killing of Palestinians who do not pose any threat to the occupation forces or to the Zionist settlers.
Salem Eid, the mayor of Biddu village, where the man lived, said Palestinians may raise the incident at the International Criminal Court, whose prosecutor announced last month it would formally investigate war crimes in the Palestinian territories.
The Palestinian health ministry said the man, identified as 42-year-old Osama Mansour, had been killed and his wife had sustained bullet fragment injuries. The military statement said no troops were hurt in the late night incident.
"They told us to stop the car and we stopped and turned it off,” the man’s spouse, Sumaya Mansour, 35, told Palestine TV. "Then they looked at us and told us to go, we turned the car on and moved and all of them started shooting at us.”
The woman was taken to Palestine Medical Complex in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, where her condition was reportedly stable.
Eid challenged the military’s accusation that the driver had carried out an attack, noting that he was a father of five and his wife was with him in the vehicle.
Eyewitnesses told Wafa that Zionist troops fired a stun grenade at the car at 3:30 a.m. (0030 GMT). They added that Zionist troops started firing shots as soon as the man pulled over the car.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced the incident, describing it as "a field execution”.
In another incident, clashes were reported between Palestinian residents and the Zionist troops in Bir Nabala on Monday evening.
Zionist troops have on numerous occasions been caught on camera brutally killing Palestinians, with the videos going viral online and sparking international condemnation.
The occupying regime has been criticized for its extensive use of lethal force against and extrajudicial killing of Palestinians who do not pose any threat to the occupation forces or to the Zionist settlers.