Footage shot on March 24 and confirmed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appears to show an IDF soldier shooting an unarmed, wounded Palestinian man in the head at a checkpoint in Tal Rumeida in Hebron, West Bank, killing him. The graphic footage shows a soldier raise his gun and fire at a man lying on the ground. The injured man’s head jolts, and moments later blood is seen running out. The incident occurs after the 1:45 mark in the video.

The incident occurred minutes after two assailants reportedly stabbed and wounded an IDF soldier, and after the assailants were shot by IDF soldiers, according to IDF spokesman Peter Lerner. Lerner told Times of Israel journalist Judah Ari Gross that the soldier was detained and that a Military Police investigation had begun.

The Jerusalem Post quoted the IDF as saying: “This is a grave incident which contradicts the spirit of the IDF and what is expected of IDF soldiers and commanders.” Credit: Emad abu-Shamsiyah, B’Tselem