Israeli military police opened an investigation into the killing of a Palestinian man, Nidal Safadi, in the northern West Bank last May, following reports that he has been killed in clashes provoked by armed settlers during which an off duty-soldier fired toward a village, the IOF announced. The incident occurred on May 14, during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip. Video footage from May 14, which was distributed by the anti-occupation B’Tselem human rights group, showed a bare-chested man wearing IDF pants with a shirt wrapped around his face as a mask apparently firing an M-16 rifle toward Urif, as at least two IDF soldiers standing idly by. The military later confirmed that the shirtless man was an IDF soldier who lived in Yitzhar but was not on duty at the time. The Israeli army stated that the military police investigation would determine whether there was a link between Safadi’s murder and the video incident, as well as an investigation into the off-duty conduct of the soldier and Israeli army officers, who served in a reserve battalion stationed in the area. For further details, click here