IDF says it's reviewing killing of Palestinian teen in West Bank after video appears to contradict claims | CBC News

World Eyewitness Kamel Zakarneh points on Sunday to where a 16-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces during a raid a day earlier, in the town of Qabatiya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Released CCTV footage appeared to contradict the Israeli army's claim that the teen was suspected of 'hurling a block' at the soldiers, showing him walking before he was shot dead by soldiers.(Ali Sawafta/Reuters) Ibtihal Mualla, the mother of Rayyan Abu Mualla who was killed by Israeli forces during a raid, reacts as women gather at her home in Qabatiya to grieve her son on Saturday.(Ali Sawafta/Reuters) IDF says it shot teen in West Bank after hurling brick at soldiers. Video appears to contradict that After being asked about video, Israeli military says it is reviewing incident The Israeli military said it was reviewing an incident in the occupied West Bank in which soldiers shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian who they said had thrown a brick at them, after CCTV footage appeared to show he was not doing so when shot. Asked about the video, an Israeli military spokesperson said: "A Palestinian suspected of hurling a block at IDF [Israeli Defence Forces] soldiers was shot. The incident is under review." Palestinian officials said that Rayyan Mohammad Abu Mualla was shot and killed on Saturday in the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya, during a raid by the Israeli military. The Israeli military initially said on Saturday: "During IDF operational activity in the area of Qabatiya, a terrorist hurled a block toward the soldiers, who responded with fire and eliminated the terrorist." CCTV footage showed two Israeli soldiers - one crouching and one standing on a lit street corner at dark - and a third soldier appearing to take position in an adjacent street leading to the same corner. A person is then seen walking down a street and as he reaches the corner, he is shot by the crouching soldier and falls back and onto the ground. The video does not appear to show him throwing a block or holding one. The video starts six minutes before the shooting, showing the streets empty and then a military vehicle driving down the street as one person peers off a rooftop and another through a window as the soldiers arrive at the scene. The person who is shot appears in the video three seconds before the shooting, and it is not possible to ascertain what the person was doing or holding before he is seen. Mother says IDF had taken his body away The footage was obtained from the owner of the security camera and its location and date were verified by Reuters. The incident is partly obscured because of the angle of the camera and the low light. Abu Mualla's mother, Ibtihal, said that the Israeli military had taken his body away. CCTV footage from around 22 minutes after the shooting appears to show his body being placed by soldiers on a stretcher and driven away in a military...

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