Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli army, said an investigation has been initiated. He said the family is waiting for the Israeli army to return Mahmoud’s body so he can be buried immediately, in accordance with Muslim traditions. [An Israeli soldier is accused of killing a disarmed Palestinian. — A Palestinian teenager returning from a fun night out at a swimming pool was fatally shot by Israeli soldiers early Tuesday in what the Israeli military said appears to have been a mistake. But many think he’s a hero]In March, an Israeli soldier was caught on camera fatally shooting an injured Palestinian attacker, who had been disarmed after he stabbed another soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2016 13:14 UTC