The Israeli military has opened investigations into 24 potentially criminal shootings of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the past year. Soon after, the Israeli military launched an investigation. Israel says it must regularly carry out military operations in the West Bank to prevent Palestinian attacks and protect Jewish settlements. A week after 22-year-old Habali was shot, Palestinian teenager Mahmoud Nakhleh sat chatting with friends outside the hardscrabble West Bank refugee camp of Jalazon. Collecting evidence in Palestinian-administered parts of the West Bank can involve risky late-night operations, or relying on intermediaries who sometimes refuse to cooperate.

Source: Washington Post July 22, 2019 05:37 UTC