On 21 March 2024, boinero David Ben Avraham, a 63-year-old Palestinian Jewish convert, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier near Elazar, an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1q9UTt_4-BICLcgKmJHfaQIvp3QEbPm8uC659zmwMxshgxbd2U1OQQRNeJB9CBp-8pZkwSV_VG5rs8ed1Obp4pQtFdv1KUgL7BDCxZFJbpFPYary02RRoe-YZFGJroWM2D35nDiOw4H2EkGEWEMzePNX8xuwoOUnJfdEz1YV1rc9dYjzs-ifzMJ5f2Mj/w400-h225/David%20Ben%20Avraham.jpg)
When Ben Avraham got out of a taxi, the soldier approached him and asked for his name and whether he was Jewish, to which Ben Avraham responded affirmatively. In the ensuing encounter, the soldier pointed his rifle at Ben Avraham and threatened to kill him if he reached for his bag on the ground; Ben Avraham then complied with the soldier's orders by putting his hands on his head and stepping away from his bag but was nevertheless shot dead.
The Israel Defense Forces opened an investigation into what it called a "grave" incident. The soldier, a reservist, was released a week later by an Israeli court.
No comments:
Post a Comment