Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank -When the 24-year-old Ahmed Fahd (Ahmed Fahd) held a funeral in Al-Amari refugee camp, women weeped, young men raised their fists, and masked gunmen shot into the air, sadness and anger were obvious.

Fahd’s family told Al Jazeera that Israeli secret agents first arrested him, then shot him several times in the back at close range at 5:30 in the morning, and then on Tuesday Um al-Shayaret (Um al-Shayaret) ) Bleeding to death on a street near Ramallah. .

“My son was shot and killed without mercy. Um Fahd grabbed his son’s poster, cried out of control, and said.

Fahd is an employee of El Bireh Municipality and will be married in a few weeks.

Muhammad al-Awda, a spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health, told Al Jazeera that according to doctors at Ramallah Hospital, Fahd had been shot multiple times at close range.

al-Awda said: “The doctor reported that a bullet that entered his back opened a 2.5 cm entry hole, but when it came out of his stomach, the hole was 7 cm-proving that he was caught at close range. Shot.”

Palestinian military doctors on the ground reported that Israeli forces used live ammunition called “butterfly bullets” to “explode” when impacted, shattering tissue, arteries and bones, and causing serious internal injuries and large exit wounds.

A health ministry spokesperson added: “He also had several bullet wounds on his leg.”

Family friend Sabrin Abu Libdeh told Al Jazeera that the intelligence officer of Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, later called the family to apologize, saying that the agent did not want to kill the young Fahd, but was actually hunting down his brother and uncle. They were accused of participating in “terrorist activities.”

“What good is their apology now?” Ahmed’s sister Rosanna asked, her eyes puffy from crying. “Will that bring him back?”

“Assassination of Palestinians”

Although the Israelis admitted that they were “mistakes” in this particular incident, Shawan Jabareen from the Al-Haq human rights organization in Ramallah said that it is no accident that Israeli security forces, especially the bottom squad, continue to kill Palestinians.

Jabalin told Al Jazeera: “We are currently investigating the cause of his death, but the killing was a result of Israel’s policy of assassinating Palestinians at close range through a secret force called Musta’ribeen and regular troops. Part.”

The soldiers entered Ramallah after 2 am almost every day to make arrests.

“In many cases, after shooting at close range the families of the Palestinians they killed, Xinbeit intelligence officers called them and prevented ambulances from evacuating the seriously injured-they were accused of carrying out armed attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers. Young man-Say “the account is now cleared”.

He said: “Obviously, these are acts of revenge.”

Jabarin explained that his organization has documented many cases where Israeli security forces killed Palestinians without threats to their lives.

“We have provided statistics and documents to various international organizations that show that 95% of deaths are unnecessary.”

Musta’ribeen are Israeli special forces. They are known for their cruelty. They pretend to be Arabs and operate in Palestinian society. The commandos were dressed like Arabs, portrayed the customs and etiquette of Arab culture, and spoke fluent Arabic in appropriate dialects.

“Inciting the situation”

Gary Spedding, a Middle East adviser, said that Musta’ribeen’s activities “enable the Israeli military and border police to identify the demonstrators they wish to arrest and detain”.

Antoine Shalhat, an expert on Israeli affairs, explained Musta’ribeen’s main tasks “including gathering intelligence and counter-terrorism operations.”

These protesters have also participated in the current full-scale arrest campaign in northern Israel, after the country had protested the deaths in Gaza and the violence suffered by Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem due to the evicting of Palestinians from their homes.

The Israeli Public Committee against Torture (PCATI) stated that it has received “accusations of undercover personnel posing as protesters and inciting the situation, attacking civilians very violently and causing serious threats, especially threats against minors”.

PCATI said: “In some cases, undercover officers dragged people, including minors, into the street without revealing their identities. This makes the arrest look like a kidnapping.”

After recently establishing a new bottom team dedicated to doing business in the Arab region, YesA letter from the Israel Arab Minority Rights Law Center to senior Israeli police and politicians stated that no democratic country in the world would support the establishment of police forces targeting specific ethnic groups.

Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators near the Bethel Jewish settlement near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank [Abbas Momani/AFP]

“Permitted Participation Rules”

However, Palestinians are being killed almost every day, and at least 28 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank alone during clashes or arrests with Israeli security forces in May, and this situation continues.

The same is true of the impunity of the Israeli security forces.

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said: “In the vast majority of cases where security forces harm Palestinians, no perpetrator has been prosecuted.” Said in the report.

B’Tselem cited some examples of the second uprising that began between late 2000 and 2015, calling for the investigation of 739 cases in which soldiers killed, wounded or beaten Palestinians and used them as human shields or Destroyed Palestinian property.

Human rights groups say that data from mid-2016 showed that in one-quarter of the cases, investigations were never conducted, nearly half of the investigations were closed without further action, and only in rare cases did the accused soldiers be charged. .

B’Tselem said it will no longer cooperate with “whitewashing” military investigations because these investigations will not result in any liability.

At the same time, the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din urged the Israeli army to investigate Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip. Return paradeAt that time, the Palestinians protested against the siege of the Israeli separation wall.

Yesh Din said in one of its latest reports: “The combination of loose rules of engagement regarding shooting at unarmed demonstrators and a law enforcement system that prevents real and effective investigations into the deaths of protesters is deadly.”

“The result is unfortunate, unnecessary loss of many lives, lack of responsibility for harming the innocent, and the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip being abandoned. They are still helpless against the ghost who lost their lives.”