The Palestinian Red Crescent says Mohammed Awad Allan, 50, was shot while trying to treat injured people.

The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) said Mohammed Awad Allan, 50, was shot while treating people who had been injured by Israeli settlers.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said forces were sent to the village of As-Sawiya to break up clashes.

It confirmed an ambulance driver was killed, and that it was investigating.

The PRCS said Mr Allan tried to treat people injured “by gunshots fired by Israeli settlers”.

Some Hebrew-language media reports said Mr Allan was killed by firing from the Israeli armed forces - others reported he was shot by armed settlers.

  • AndyEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve got a bone to pick with this headline.

    Is the newsworthy event Israel opening an investigation? Is the BBC reporting that the IDF is doing an investigation onto an event (and that the context of the investigation is that they are examining why a soldier murdered a medic)?

    Or is the newsworthy event that medic Mohammed Award Allan was murdered in an act of state violence and state-backed terrorism in an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank (and the IDF has investigations open in this matter)?