A notorious ultra-Orthodox unit of Israel's occupation forces killed a Palestinian father of two on the occupied West Bank on Friday August 26th near the illegal Israeli colony of Ofra.
THE VICTIM AND HIS DEATH
Iyad Zakariya Hamed(38) was shot to death in occupied West Bank's Silwad moments after after a shop's CCTV camera recorded him buying candy for his children.
According to some accounts, he was deaf. Claim that he was 'mentally ill' seem to be a misunderstanding rising from claim that he was 'a special needs person', which in his case might apparently meant being deaf.
The construction worker was walking on to a Friday noon prayer at a mosque when he was shot just outside Silwad at an Israeli occupation roadblock by soldiers from the notorious Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the Kfir Brigade.
Hamad was shot in chest and shoulders and left to bleed for an hour, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm local time. Palestinian medics were not allowed to approach him and he was not given any medical aid by the Israeli occupation forces', which just put his body in a bag after they thought he was dead.
His body was later returned and he was buried at the evening. He left behind a wife and 8- and 2- year old children.
ISRAELI OCCUPATION CAME UP WITH FALSE CLAIMS
Israeli occupation came up with several false claim about his killing before real facts of his death came to light and the occupation was forced to admit that he "most likely did not pose a threat".
At first Israeli occupation claimed that he had been in a car, possibly with a woman and had opened fire with a gun from the inside of the car before being shot.
In the second version was also 'armed', but on feet and had 'opened fire' at Israeli occupation forces at a roadblock which had then shot him.
In the next development the Israeli occupation said it was 'checking' if he was armed.
Then the story was changed yet again and Israeli occupation claimed that he had 'ran' or 'rushed' towards the occupation forces' at a roadblock and that another group of occupation soldiers 'on patrol' had seen this and shot him.
Finally, Israeli occupation admitted that he had 'likely posed no threat'.
NETZAH YEHUDA BATTALION: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
The Netzah Yehuda Battalion whose soldiers killed Iyad Hamad are drawn solely from ultra-Orthodox recruits and has been connected to several widely publicized cases of violence towards Palestinian civilians.
In one incident the battalion's soldiers filmed themselves shooting another civilian in Silwad and celebrating as he fell to the ground, wounded. The person in question was possibly a 13 y/o boy.
In another occupation soldiers' from the battalion beat up a Palestinian civilian who complained after they threw a tear gas grenade in his home through a window. The civilian was killed by the Israeli occupation half a year later.
VIDEO: Iyad Hamad captured on CCTV buying candy for his children moments before he was shot and killed:
SOURCES:
Israeli forces kill 'unarmed' Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Man In Silwad
Video: Israelis film themselves shooting unarmed Palestinian
Unarmed Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces at military post near Ramallah
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