Monitoring Desk
RAMALLAH: The Israeli army admitted on Monday that the Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli soldiers last week posed no threat or danger and should not have lost his life.
Ahmed Kahla (46) from Ramon area near Silwad in the occupied West Bank, was shot in the neck from close range at a military checkpoint on January 15. The Israeli army primarily claimed that Kahla was shot because he got out of his vehicle with a knife in his hand and dashed toward the soldiers, with an intention of stabbing the soldiers.
Kahla’s son Qusai (20) who was with his father at that time, said that their car was stopped at the military checkpoint and a soldier fired a stun grenade that hit roof of the vehicle. When Kahla asked why they attacked, an officer used pepper spray on him and pulled him from the vehicle before the soldier shot him dead.
Army investigators admit the fact
Army investigators admitted that Kahla had no intention of carrying out a stabbing attack adding “the incident should not have ended in death.”
The victim’s brother Zayed (45) told Arab News that the army personnel killed him for no reason adding that they will take all measures to prosecute them.
The family is likely to seek financial compensation from the army in the Israeli courts, and will also knock the doors of the International Criminal Court. “We realize that their trial will not bring our brother Ahmed back to life, but we want them to pay the price for their crime,” Zayed said. He further said that they want to deter them from killing more Palestinians in cold blood and without any reason.
