NEW pictures have emerged that it is claimed show 16-year old Bayan Abd Al-Hadi, who was shot several times by border police in Hebron on Saturday morning, was unarmed.
It has been alleged she attacked a female officer with a knife at a checkpoint, injuring the woman’s hand.
Bayan died at the scene. No further investigations are thought to be ongoing at this time.
The photos show a female dressed in similar clothes to those worn by Bayan, facing a police woman whilst holding her arms above her head.
However the girl’s headscarf appears to be a different shade of green.
The policewoman is shown only from the back, but has a similar hairstyle to the one photographed and quoted by the Israeli police in media reports of the killing.
Another two photographs show the Arab girl kneeling down to empty her backpack whilst the border police stand with guns pointed at her.
The cop, known only as “M”, was quoted in an article in The Times of Israel this weekend, saying: “The terrorist approached the post and asked for directions to a certain place in the area.
“I told her the name did not sound familiar and that she should ask the locals when she arrived, when to my surprise she pulled out a knife and tried to stab me in the neck.”
The photos were posted on a Facebook page called “Can we get 1 Million Fans for Gaza?”
Social media has been a powerful force in the current unrest, with mobile phone footage and updates going viral almost instantly.
Israel has been widely condemned by the international community in recent days for using “excessive force” against Palestinians.
What do the pictures show? You decide.
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