Rosenfeld said security guards called upon the man to stop but he continued to “approach them suspiciously.” They then opened fire toward his legs, moderately wounding him. The incident comes less than three months after Israeli police shot and killed a 32-year-old Palestinian with severe autism. But Palestinians and Israeli rights groups say Israeli forces often use excessive force and at times kill suspected attackers who could have been arrested. Heba Yazbak, an Israeli lawmaker of Palestinian origin, said Monday’s incident at the crossing exposed trigger-happy Israeli forces. “The shooting of an innocent deaf Palestinian is just another example of the ease in which Israeli security forces can harm human life.”

Source: Hindustan Times August 18, 2020 00:13 UTC