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IDF: Soldiers who fired at mentally ill man in Na'alin acted appropriately
By Avi Issacharoff and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Na'alin, Rubber Bullet 

An Israel Defense Forces source on Monday evening said that the soldiers who fired rubber bullets at a mentally ill man in the West Bank village of Na'alin acted appropriately.

The IDF source's announcement came after a Central Command investigation of the incident that occurred earlier on Monday.

The wounded Palestinian man, Awad Srur, 40, was hospitalized in Ramallah. Srur lost an eye as a result of the shooting.
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IDF soldiers were attempting to arrest Srur's brother during a demonstration in Na'alin. Srur was seriously wounded when he tried to snatch a soldier's gun during the clash with troops. His family denies he was involved in an altercation with IDF troops.

According to a military source, a Palestinian threw a tear gas grenade at troops during the rally. In response, one of the soldiers shot a rubber bullet at him and tried to arrest him. During the arrest attempt, the man's brother involved himself and tried to attack a soldier and grab his gun, as he shouted "Allah Akbar!" (God is great).

About a month ago a 10-year-old Palestinian boy was killed at Na'alin on Tuesday during violent protests against the construction of the West Bank security fence, whose route will leave approximately 2,500 dunams of the town's lands on the Israeli side of the barrier
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  1.   The IDF - an army of racist wankers 12:51  |  Palestinian in UK 01/09/08
  2.   A better alternative for Israel, leading with terrorists groups. 13:34  |  JP 01/09/08
  3.   Shalit realesing is not better than 1000 terrorists out of jail 13:37  |  JP 01/09/08
  4.   How is this possible 14:01  |  jackie 01/09/08
  5.   Tragic incident. I´m wish full recovery for the victim. 14:50  |  José Pedro 01/09/08
  6.   The first two posts was changed by mistake, its tottaly offtopic 14:57  |  JP 01/09/08
  7.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 16:39  |  Colman 01/09/08
  8.   Shooting the wackos 16:39  |  leon 01/09/08
  9.   Mentally Ill Man Wounded 17:34  |  MM 01/09/08
  10.   classic liberal bias 17:53  |  note person 01/09/08
  11.   palestinian in uk 1 17:58  |  potobac 01/09/08
  12.   #8, which "wakos" are you referring to, leon? 17:58  |  Silvienne 01/09/08
  13.   Remember Naharayim? 19:07  |  x-ray 01/09/08
  14.   Meanwhile in Gaza 19:48  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/09/08
  15.   Really? 20:26  |  tiddly winks 01/09/08
  16.   appropriate behaviour 20:53  |  rm 01/09/08
  17.   Soldiers 20:56  |  RepublicanStones 01/09/08
  18.   Jackie 22:01  |  Palestinian Brit 01/09/08
  19.   If things were as terrible 22:02  |  Jess Ghannam 01/09/08
  20.   xray - mentally ill Israeli terrorists/Jews 22:05  |  Palestinian Brit 01/09/08
  21.   nauseated by zion 23:14  |  nauseated by zion 01/09/08
  22.   Further Investigation Needed 23:27  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/09/08
  23.   This is not surprising! IDF soldiers are routinely taken after 23:28  |  lakshmi 01/09/08
  24.   #12 Silvienne - Don`t you understand what #8 said 01:34  |  * BEN JABO 02/09/08
  25.   #20 Palestinian Brit - Time to prove your point 01:37  |  * BEN JABO 02/09/08
  26.   #Jess Ghannam. That is Israel`s intent, isn`t it? 01:56  |  Maureen Ann 02/09/08
  27.   to #1- Palestinians, a nation of racist suicide bombers 03:17  |  Jon 02/09/08
  28.   A Man Attacked a Soldier and Was Shot, that`s news? 04:56  |  Tom 02/09/08
  29.   Anything goes in Jihad 04:57  |  Lloyd 02/09/08
  30.   Woww 06:20  |  Wow and half 02/09/08
  31.   What a sick system....... 07:02  |  Dutch 02/09/08
  32.   JAG Investigation Needed 07:26  |  Mark of Lewiston 02/09/08
  33.   thou shalt not steal 07:27  |  moshe musa 02/09/08
  34.   are u guys idiots 07:43  |  Sous 02/09/08
  35.   to#-israel a nation of racist homicidal idf 07:43  |  sev 02/09/08
  36.   #21 God Bless U 07:48  |  Sous 02/09/08
  37.   Pal Brit your bile drips incessantly 07:58  |  x-ray 02/09/08
  38.   Mark Lewiston 08:00  |  x-ray 02/09/08
  39.   Hotspur666 08:23  |  Henry Percy 02/09/08
  40.   x-ray - Culture of Impunity 09:21  |  Mark of Lewiston 02/09/08
  41.   Completely inappropriate... 09:22  |  Esther 02/09/08
  42.   Mark of Lewiston put not your trust in princes 11:02  |  x-ray 02/09/08
  43.   21 Israel`s right to exist is going thru a drought 12:09  |  Dutch 02/09/08
  44.   what happened to 10-year-old Ahmed Moussa ? 14:20  |  tristan 02/09/08
  45.   #37, x-ray...to Pal Brit 17:07  |  Silvienne 02/09/08
  46.   #44, tristan from paris... 17:08  |  Silvienne 02/09/08
  47.   #24, Ben Jabo... 17:21  |  Silvienne 02/09/08
  48.   A related article for Silvienne the runner and others to read 18:00  |  David Teich 02/09/08
  49.   #48, Question for David Teich the poser... 19:08  |  Silvienne 02/09/08
  50.   #48 Silvienne - The man that was shot was nuts 22:25  |  * BEN JABO 02/09/08
  51.   ben jabo 50 01:07  |  potobac 03/09/08
  52.   49: Notice Silvienne only has questions, never answers 13:41  |  David Teich 03/09/08
  53.   Crimes against humanity 14:37  |  Paul Meuse 03/09/08
  54.   #51 Potobac - You still owe me a couple of "Thank You`s" 17:11  |  * BEN JABO 03/09/08
  55.   Paul Meuse 17:33  |  * BEN JABO 03/09/08
  56.   #53, Paul Meuse... 19:21  |  Silvienne 03/09/08
  57.   #54, Potobac & Ben Jabo... 19:25  |  Silvienne 03/09/08
  58.   Appropriately 02:06  |  Anthony 04/09/08
  59.   Crimes Against humanity 13:06  |  Paul Meuse 04/09/08
  60.   Crimes against humanity 13:37  |  Paul Meuse 04/09/08
  61.   Paul Meuse - While you were checking crimes 16:49  |  * BEN JABO 04/09/08
  62.   #60, Paul Meuse...& Ben Jabo 17:32  |  Silvienne 04/09/08
  63.   Remind me 01:52  |  david 05/09/08
  64.   #62 Silvienne - I read it, they were convicted 02:42  |  * BEN JABO 05/09/08
  65.   ben jabo 61 23:08  |  potobac 05/09/08
  66.   #48 An article for Teichie to read... 08:48  |  Johnboy 08/09/08
  67.   #65-2 Potobac 16:37  |  * BEN JABO 08/09/08
  68.   #67, Ben Jabo... 00:19  |  Silvienne 09/09/08
  69.   #68 Silvienne - What about it? 15:47  |  * BEN JABO 09/09/08
  70.   #65-1 2ND TRY POTOBAC 16:13  |  * BEN JABO 09/09/08
  71.   66: As usual, JB demands what he won`t do 16:51  |  David Teich