Ma’an News reports:
The 11 September death of 48-year-old Manwa Hassan Kin’an Abed who sustained a single gunshot wound to the head as she stepped out on her balcony, is the result of recent “security chaos,” according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
The report, released Monday, related the events of the evening.
At approximately 20:30 Al-Aqsa Brigades activists, part of the armed wing of Fatah, announced via mosque loudspeaker at the center of the village, that all “wanted” men in the area should give themselves up and come to the city center.
The men, hidden throughout the city, south of Nablus, responded to the announcement by firing bullets into the air. The Al-Aqsa men responded in kind, and volleys of bullets were launched from both parties.
According to eyewitnesses, Manwa was hit by the gunshot when she stepped onto her balcony after hearing the announcements and gunfire.
Manwa was transferred to a nearby clinic but died immediately.
So let’s get this straight. When palestinian terrorist factions fire their guns with wanton disregard for human life, and kill civilians, it is “security chaos.” But when IDF soldiers fire at combatants deliberately hiding amongst civilians, taking care to avoid collateral damage, the killing of civilians is a “war crime.”
Incidentally, when Ma’an reported the victim’s death last week, they left open the possibility that it was caused by an “Israeli incursion.”
