Video: Israeli soldiers throw stun grenades at Palestinian children

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From B'Tselem

Residents of a-Nabi Saleh, a village in the West Bank, regularly demonstrate against their dispossession from privately- owned land and a local spring by settlers from nearby Halamish. The footage shows Israeli soldiers using stun grenades, which can cause injury, to scare away children although they pose no threat to the soldiers. B'Tselem stresses that soldiers should act according to military orders and respond maturely and responsibly to childish teasing without resorting to violence.

בכפר א-נבי סאלח מתקיימות מידי שבוע הפגנות במחאה על השתלטות ההתנחלות הסמוכה חלמיש על שטחים שבבעלות תושבים מהכפר ומעיין שהיה בשימושו. בתמונות המצורפות ניתן לראות כיצד עושים חיילי צה"ל הנוכחים במקום שימוש ברימוני הלם, שהינם אמצעי לפיזור הפגנות היכול לגרום לפגיעות בגוף, לצורך התמודדות עם ילדים המתגרים בהם אשר כלל אינם מהווים סכנה עבור החיילים. בצלם דורש כי החיילים ינהגו בהתאם לפקודות ויגיבו בבגרות ובאחריות למעשי התגרות ילדותיים שכאלה ללא היגררות לאלימות.

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