The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ben Ra’ad al-Hussein expressed on Tuesday “true shock” over Israeli forces’ fatal shooting of Ibrahim Abu Thuraya a wheelchair-bound amputee near Gaza’s border fence last Friday.
“The facts gathered so far by my staff in Gaza strongly suggest that the force used against Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh was excessive” Zeid said in a press statement.
“As far as we can see there is nothing whatsoever to suggest that Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh was posing an imminent threat of death or serious injury when he was killed. Given his severe disability which must have been clearly visible to those who shot him his killing is incomprehensible – a truly shocking and wanton act” he stated.
The casualty has gone hemiplegic and got his two legs amputated in an Israeli strike on the Gaza enclave nine years ago.
Abu Thurayeh is one among ten Palestinians who died when Israeli occupation army attacked Palestinian citizens protesting against U.S. President Donald Trumps’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
