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Israeli soldier held after shooting detained Palestinian

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JERUSALEM (AFP) — An Israeli soldier caught on film shooting a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee in the leg with a rubber-coated bullet has been detained, the army said on Monday.

"The soldier has been detained for questioning. Once the investigation is complete measures will be taken," an army spokesman told AFP without elaborating.

Footage of the incident, released on Sunday by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, shows a Palestinian demonstrator handcuffed and blindfolded, with a army officer holding his arm.

A soldier next to him appears to take aim at his leg, a shot is fired and the camera darts briefly away before showing the man lying on the ground.

The pro-*test*-('")or, identified as Ashraf Abu Rahma, 27, was lightly wounded in the incident which took place on July 7 in Nilin, an occupied West Bank village where regular pro-*test*-('")s are staged against Israel's separation barrier.

The army, which said five border guards, three soldiers and two labourers working on the wall were injured during pro-*test*-('")s in June, announced the launch of an inquiry after the video was shown on Palestinian television.

But Israeli army spokeswoman Avital Leibovich told AFP the film raised several questions and had "missing sequences." She added that the man went home with a wounded toe and without filing a complaint.

The demonstrations frequently turn violent, with pro-*test*-('")ors hurling stones and Israeli troops firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

Israel says the barrier is needed to stop potential attackers from infiltrating Israel and Jewish settlements in the West Bank, but Palestinians say it is a land grab aimed at undermining the viability of a promised state.

In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding resolution calling for parts of the barrier inside the West Bank to be torn down and for a halt to construction there.

Israel has ignored the ruling.



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Deman you nazi, don't you know that palestinians even when bound, are capable of anything? sheeesh haven't you been paying attention? just imagine what could have happened.

So they fired a rubber bullet on a pro-*test*-('")er's leg? Sure, you have to be an asshole to shoot rubber bullets on people when they are tied up...but what's new here?

its not a matter Westie of what is new or news.....

the fact it goes on quite a bit over there doesnt lessen how disgusting an act it is....your not outraged seeing this?

yeah he could have bled all over them, ive heard blood stains are a bitch to wash out....