Checkpoint killing shows Israel follows “trigger-happy” policy
Guards at an Israeli military checkpoint shot and killed a Palestinian man near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm on Friday.
As Reported by Qods News Agency (Qodsna) Israel’s defense ministry said that a man ran toward the checkpoint with a knife in hand. The ministry added that guards called for the man to stop and opened fire on him when he failed to do so.
Palestinian outlets identified the slain man as Raed al-Bahri, 25:
No Israelis were injured during the incident, as has been the case in so many alleged attacks in which a Palestinian was killed. A photo released by Israel’s defense ministry, showing a black plastic sheet over al-Bahri’s body, indicates that the man was several meters away from the checkpoint when he was killed.