State Department spokesman Matthew Miller emphasized: “Human beings should never be used as human shields.”
While the Israeli offensive on Gazahe United States Department of State condemned a video that circulated in recent hours that shows a wounded Palestinian tied to the front of a military vehicle of the Israeli forces and considered it “shocking” and “absolutely unacceptable.” In addition, he urged that an investigation be started into this incident so that those responsible are held accountable.
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After being consulted at a press conference about this fact, the State Department spokesperson, Matthew Millerresponded: “I will say that we saw that video. It was shocking. The practice is absolutely unacceptable. Human beings should never be used as human shields,” he said.
“The Israel Defense Forces must quickly investigate what happened and demand accountability,” the official added.
Shocking: Israeli forces tied injured Palestinian to front of Jeep
On Saturday, Israeli army forces tied an injured Palestinian to the hood of a military jeep during an arrest raid in the occupied city of Jeninin the West Bank, the Israeli army reported.
The video began to circulate quickly on social media and showed a Palestinian resident of Jenin, Mujahed Azmi, on a military Jeep passing between two ambulances.
The Israeli army assured that “The conduct of the forces does not conform to the values” of the country
Given this fact, the Israeli army released a statement explaining that the forces were shot and exchanged shots, wounding a suspect and arresting him.
The soldiers then violated military protocol, according to the statement. The army said that “the conduct of the forces in the video of the incident does not conform to the values” of the Israeli army and that the incident will be investigated and treated. The military said the man was taken for medical treatment.
“I have seen the statement they issued that the shares They did not comply with the orders received by those soldiers, which are being investigated and that the people involved will be acted upon accordingly. “It’s absolutely appropriate,” Miller said.
