An Israeli army commander was pretending to be a
Palestinian assailant during a training exercise when he was shot dead by a
subordinate in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday.
The commander, David
Golovenchik, 22, was training two of his soldiers to respond to an attack, but
had apparently not instructed them to unload their weapons during the
simulation.
“Golovenchik took off his
protective gear, went to the [army] post and played the part of a Palestinian
undergoing a security check by the soldiers,” the Israeli daily Haaretz
reported.
“He turned the table at the
post over them and simulated a stabbing attack. Apparently one of the soldiers
cocked his gun and shot his commander.”
Imad Abu
Shamsiyeh, coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders group in Hebron, recorded video
showing the commander lying motionless on the ground at the post in the Tel Rumeida
neighborhood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cznZIvfblE
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