Live ammunition suspected to be used in Nakba Day shooting incident
Live ammunition was allegedly used by security forces in an incident at Beitunia during Nakba Day protests in which two Palestinians were killed, an ongoing investigation into the case has revealed.
At issue is a clash between Israeli troops and Palestinian stone-throwers May 15 near the West Bank town of Beitunia, a few hundred meters from an Israeli military base, Ofer. On that day, Palestinians marked the anniversary of their uprooting in the war over Israel's 1948 creation by holding marches and protests in the West Bank and Gaza.
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a senior spokesman, said at the time that preliminary findings show forces fired only rubber-coated steel pellets, a standard means of crowd control, and did not use live fire.
