Palestine - IDF urged to punish soldier who deliberately shot, wounded photographer

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the action of an Israeli soldier who deliberately shot a Palestinian photographer in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet during an incursion by the Israeli Defence Forces into the Aida refugee camp, 2 km north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on 8 April. The incident took place at around 5:30 p.m., when Mohamed Al-Azza, a photographer for http://www.pnn.ps (PNN), was taking photos of the Israeli soldiers from the Lajee Centre, a (...)

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