The Israeli Army has recognized that several of its soldiers have violated operations protocol by using human shield for a wounded Palestinian during an incursion in the West Bank and that they ended up tying themselves to the hood of one of their vehicles while they left the scene of the intervention.

The incident occurred, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, in the West Bank city of Jeninspecifically in the Jabarat area.

First, Israeli military prevented humanitarian workers from accessing the Palestinian and then “they placed the injured man in the front of a military jeep and before allowing our teams to transfer him to the hospital,” according to the Red Crescent message published yesterday on its X account, accompanied by a video of what happened.

In a subsequent statement reported by the American network CNN, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged that his forces violated “orders and standard operating procedures” and announced the beginning of an investigation.

“The conduct of the forces in the video of the incident does not conform to the values ​​of the IDF. The incident will be investigated and dealt with accordingly“, the Israelis have assured.

The United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has condemned an incident she describes as an example “in action” of the practice of using human shields in conflict, strictly prohibited by international law. “It is surprising how a State born 76 years ago has managed to literally turn international law upside down,” he lamented in a publication on X. “This runs the risk of being the end of multilateralism, which for some influential member states no longer serves for any relevant purpose,” he added.