Al-Arbid taken to hospital after the shooting
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IDF to investigate cameraman’s shooting
Channel 10 cameraman apparently shot by soldiers; judge advocate general orders army to look into soldiers’ actions
TEL AVIV - Military Police investigators have been instructed to look into the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a cameraman in the Gaza Strip in January.
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Channel 10 cameraman Majdi al-Arbid was apparently hit by IDF fire while on the job in the town of Beit Hanoun earlier this year.
Following an inquiry into the incident, Judge Advocate General Avichai Mandelblith instructed the Military Police to launch a criminal investigation into the matter. The JAG asked investigators to check whether IDF forces present in the area at the time of the shooting acted in accordance with orders.
‘They saw us without a doubt’
Following the incident, reporter Shlomi Eldar, who was standing next to al-Arbid at the time of the shooting, told Ynet about the experience.
“They (the soldiers) saw us photographing, saw the cameras, saw the equipment,” he said at the time. “They saw us without a doubt. The cameraman and I both held cameras and had identification marks.”
Still, at one point the soldiers began firing, Eldar said.
“Without advance warning and without any logical reason they started to fire,” he said. “They just shot him in the legs and stomach.”
