Sorry, Mahmoud Rafat Badran, 15, Was Killed by ‘Mistake’

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Gideon Levy was published by Haaretz on June 23, 2016.

 

By mistake the soldiers stood on the bridge, by accident they sprayed the car driving on the road below them with heavy fire, without any idea who was in it. Unintentionally they killed the youth, by accident wounded four of his friends seriously. By mistake the soldiers thought the passengers of the car had thrown rocks and poured oil on the road, mistakenly they thought this allowed them to shoot to their hearts’ desire.

 

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