IOF troopers suffer sore wrists because of handcuffs

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So, here we have the case of IOF troopers handcuffing an elderly Palestinian man and leaving him to die...but,oops...this man was an American citizen, so Israhell had to try to provide justice for the negligent death - murder - of this man.  And, of course, what happened is that the IOF murderers got away with slaps on their wrists.

OUCH!  Those handcuffs around the wrists of that murdered Palestinian-American man really put some serious pain in the wrists of those murdering IOF troopers, didn't they.

Elderly Palestinian-American was Handcuffed and Left to Die: This Is How Israel Punished the Soldiers Who Killed Him

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/elderly-palestinian-american-was-handcuffed-and-left-to-die-this-is-how-israel-punished-the-soldiers-who-killed-him/

Israel's military advocate general said that soldiers who left an elderly Palestinian-American man, Omar Asaad, to die in the open while tied up will not face criminal prosecution but will face disciplinary action.

The man, Omar Asaad, 80, died at a makeshift checkpoint in his hometown of Jaljalia near Ramallah in the West Bank on January 12, 2022.

Left to Die

The soldiers left Asaad lying down while showing no signs of responding at a construction site, claiming they thought he had fallen asleep. In the early morning hours, the US citizen was found dead while still handcuffed.

The army said Asaad resisted "loudly and persistently" the soldiers' attempts to take him out of his car to the checkpoint, adding that because of his refusal to cooperate, the soldiers temporarily gagged him with a cloth and handcuffed him.

According to Abdallah Asaad, cousin of Omar Asaad, the elderly Palestinian was returning from visiting relatives when the Israel Occupation soldiers took him by surprise and forcibly removed him from the car, tied his hands and put tape over his mouth, then dragged him 200 meters away and threw him into a building under construction, and beat him.

A Simple 'Error'

The army's legal body said in a statement on Tuesday that its decision not to prosecute the soldiers involved in the death of the elderly Palestinian was taken "following hearings and after a thorough examination of the investigation materials, which showed that there was no causal link between errors in the soldiers' behavior and (the Palestinian-American's) death."

A Palestinian autopsy of Asaad, who was suffering from heart problems, concluded that he had suffered a stress-induced heart attack. Palestinian officials attributed this to abuse by Israeli soldiers.

According to Israel's military advocate general's office, however, a military medical official concluded that it was impossible to say that Asaad's death was precisely the result of the conduct of the troops, and that the soldiers were not aware of his health condition.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli decision to merely offer formal reprimand of the soldiers, accusing the Occupation of misleading the international community and world public opinion about the existence of investigations into the crimes committed by the Israeli army.

No Justice

These 'investigations', according to the ministry, often ends with the acquittal of the perpetrators, hiding evidence and providing escape doors for political and military officials.

The ministry also called on the US administration to investigate this crime, considering that the elderly man was an American citizen. It also called on the International Criminal Court to quickly complete its investigations into the crimes of the Occupation to hold accountable and prosecute accused Israeli war criminals and those behind them.

A report by the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din, based on military data for the period between 2017 and 2021, concluded that Israeli soldiers were tried for less than 1% of hundreds of complaints accusing them of committing crimes against Palestinians.

Even that small percentage, however, rarely results in convictions or imprisonments.

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Another slap on the wrist.  This time, a censure  for the "accidental"  killing of a 2-year-old child.

Israeli officer censured over accidental shooting death of Palestinian toddler
https://www.jta.org/2023/06/14/israel/israeli-officer-censured-over-accidental-shooting-death-of-palestinian-toddler

The Israel Defense Forces censured an officer for actions that contributed to the mistaken killing of a Palestinian toddler earlier this month and said the incident revealed "gaps in the command and control of the commanders" who were involved.

On June 1, an IDF soldier shot 2-year-old Mohammed Tamimi and injured his father Haitham Tamimi while responding to a shooting near the Israeli West Bank settlement of Halamish, also known as Neve Tzuf. The toddler died of his wounds several days later.

This year has seen an escalation of violence in the West Bank, as more than a dozen Israeli civilians have been killed in terror attacks, and more than 100 Palestinians — both militants and civilians — have been killed amid clashes with Israeli forces. On Tuesday, one Israeli civilian and four soldiers were injured in a Palestinian shooting in the West Bank.

A recently completed IDF investigation of the June 1 incident found that the Tamimis were shot when a soldier fired at them after receiving permission from his commander, mistakenly thinking they were the Halamish gunmen.

At around the same time, however, another officer fired into the air, contrary to orders. The investigation said that the soldier who shot the Tamimis heard that gunfire and thought it came from Palestinian attackers, prompting him to fire.

The IDF is censuring the officer who fired into the air contrary to orders and is still deciding whether to further investigate the incident.

"The investigation revealed gaps in the command and control of the commanders in the incident, as well as in the reports and dialogue between the forces in the field which led to wrong decision-making," the IDF investigation said, according to the Times of Israel.

Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox, the IDF's Central Command chief, said in a statement that he "regrets the harm to civilians and the death of the toddler. We will continue to learn and improve in order to precisely target terrorism."

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