Quds, July 20, SPA -- Footage released Sunday by a rights group showed an Israeli soldier firing what appeared to be a rubber coated bullet at a handcuffed Palestinian who was arrested during a protest, according to DPA. The video, published by the Israeli organization B'tselem, was filmed on 7 July by a 14-year-old Palestinian school girl during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Nil'in against the building of Israel's separation barrier. In the clip, the man, Ashraf Abu Rahma, aged 27, is seen standing, blindfolded and handcuffed, next to a military jeep. A soldier takes aim, checks it twice, and then apparently fires at or near the Palestinian's foot from a very close distance. Abu Rahma said he suffered a light injury to his toe. According to B'tselem, an officer seen holding Abu Rahma's hand while he was injured was a lieutenant colonel, and the organization demanded an investigation be opened into his role and that the soldier who fired "be brought to justice."
