Israeli raid on West Bank hospital is caught on video

The killing of a 28-year-old Palestinian man by Israeli forces during a raid on al-Ahli hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron early this morning may amount to an extrajudicial execution, Amnesty worldwide has said.

The Israeli army confirmed the raid and said they had detained Abdallah Azzam al-Shalalda, 27, who was suspected of stabbing an Israeli settler near the West Bank city of Hebron two weeks ago.

The pre-dawn raid in the West Bank city of Hebron is drawing accusations that Israel had improperly used force in a building that should be insulated from military operations. The other appears to be pregnant and has her hand on her lower back as she walks with the group of men.

Men in plainclothes, a few in Palestinian keffiyeh scarves and others apparently wearing fake beards, enter with someone in a wheelchair.

Shalalda’s brother Bilal, who was asleep in vigil alongside him, said he was tied to the bed by the Israeli forces.

Ten agents barged into a hospital room to detain Azaam Shalaalda for his alleged involvement in the October 25 stabbing of an Israeli in the Gush Etzion settlement. That said, there’s been no official shoot-to-kill order.

These also include minimum jail terms for Palestinian stone-throwers, looser rules of engagement for the army and withholding the bodies of attackers to prevent funerals from becoming political rallies.

Last month, Ellian, 22, was killed during an attack on an Israeli bus that led to the death of three Israelis, according to Israeli police.

In Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, the army razed the home of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli on a West Bank road in June.

“Their goal is to destroy Israel”, said Tzipi Schlissel, who along with her 11 children are among the 75 Israeli families who live in Hebron. The impact on the Israeli economy of the EU’s new labelling policy will be negligible; the importance of the European decision is in its diplomatic message – that the occupied territories are not part of Israel and the enlightened world is strongly opposed to the settlements.

The West Bank shooting attack killed an Israeli man in his 40s and a youth of about 18 years of age near the city of Hebron, according to Eli Bin from Israel’s emergency services.

Medical sources told Palestinian news site Maan that 23-year-old university student Hassan Jihad Albu was killed by a bullet straight to the chest, which penetrated his heart and killed him instantly. When the Hamas chief in Gaza this month called for “the strengthening and increasing of the intifada” against Jews, the BDS movement certainly was aware that the previous two intifadas killed more than 1,000 Israelis in suicide bombings and shootings. Twelve Israelis have been stabbed to demise, shot lifeless or run over and killed in assaults by Palestinians.

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, which participated in Thursday’s raid, said Israel will not allow wanted suspects to seek cover in “places of refuge”.