Israeli soldiers tied a wounded Palestinian to the hood of a military vehicle during an Israeli army operation in Jenin, according to army statements on Sunday, admitting that the soldiers had broken army rules .
Images of this scene which occurred on Saturday have gone viral and show a man, visibly injured, tied across the hood of a jeep passing on a relatively narrow street.
According to medical sources, this is Moujahid Fayyad, originally from Jabriyat, between Burqin and Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
“During anti-terrorism operations to apprehend wanted suspects in the Wadi Burqin area, terrorists opened fire on the troops,” the army said.
During this exchange of fire between soldiers and armed people, the Israeli army explains that “one of the suspects was injured and apprehended”.
He was “tied” to the vehicle as part of his arrest, the army says, specifying that this arrest was made “in violation of orders and standard operating procedures”.
Increase in the level of violence since October 7
“The behavior of the troops in the video (…) is not consistent with the values” of the Israeli army, she added in the same press release, specifying that an investigation will be carried out.
According to the army, the man strapped to the vehicle was later transferred to the Palestinian Red Crescent to receive necessary medical treatment.
Doctors at Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin confirmed to AFP that Mr. Fayyad was being treated at the establishment.
The city of Jenin and the surrounding refugee camps have for years been the scene of confrontation between the Israeli army and Palestinian armed groups.
The level of violence in the West Bank, which was already high before the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas erupted on October 7 after an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil, has only intensified since then.
According to the Palestinian authorities, in this territory under occupation for almost 60 years, at least 553 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers since the war in Gaza broke out.
Palestinian attacks killed at least 14 Israelis in the West Bank during the same period, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.
