Israeli Soldiers Seen Pushing Lifeless Bodies Off Rooftops

Israeli soldiers were seen pushing three lifeless bodies off rooftops during a raid in Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank on Thursday; an AP journalist at the scene witnessed the incident, with video evidence supporting the account. The journalist said the soldiers shoved the bodies from the roofs of adjacent multi-story buildings, and that they fell out of view. The Israeli military said it would review the incident but has not launched a formal investigation.

The video captures three soldiers lift what seems to be a stiff body, pull it toward a roof's edge, look over the side, and then push the body off. On an adjacent rooftop, soldiers are shown holding another seemingly lifeless body by its limbs and swinging it over the edge. In a third scene, a soldier kicks a body to the edge until it is no longer in view. Photos taken at the scene show an Israeli army bulldozer moving near the buildings in question.

Under international law, soldiers are supposed to treat all dead bodies with decency; the Israeli army typically leaves the bodies of any Palestinians where they fell. Shawan Jabarin, director of Palestinian rights group Al-Haq, criticized the act as "a savage way of treating Palestinian bodies and expressed skepticism about Israel conducting a proper investigation. (This story was generated by Newser's AI chatbot. Source: the AP)