Israeli Police Ran Over a Palestinian Anti-Occupation Protester—Then Fled the Scene – Israel-Palestine wrmea.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wrmea.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dec. 19, 2020
On the stylish balcony of their home overlooking the Hinnom Valley, on a street named for that valley in the village of Silwan adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, bereaved parents mourn the death of their son. Waffa and Jamal Ashkar are lamenting the loss of Nour, who was shot to death last month by Border Police and private security guards at the Al-Zaim checkpoint, east of Jerusalem, after being caught driving without a license.
According to two eyewitnesses, he stepped out of his car, with arms raised, before being shot from a range of 100 meters. In any event, he was shot after he had stopped driving and made no effort to escape. A split second before the shooting, an order to the security men to hold their fire was heard, but it didn’t help the deceased. A number of rounds were fired, three or four of which struck Nour in the upper body, killing him instantly. The Border Police initially claimed that the man they shot had been attempting to carry out a car-