A relative mourns during the funeral of Palestinian nurse Razan Al-Najar, who according to health officials and a witness was killed by Israeli forces as she tried to help a wounded protester at the Gaza border, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 2, 2018.. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMMED SALEM)
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The death of Razan Najjar, a Palestinian medic shot by IDF fire in June, has been regarded as intentional, unquestionable reckless shooting, which could possibly be regarded to as a war crime, according to a New York Times investigation.
According to the investigation, Najjar was killed by an Israeli sniper, leaving no question as to whether it was done purposefully, nor did she pose a threat to the forces or offer herself as human shield, as the IDF claimed.
A video released by the IDF in June appears to show Razan Najjar throwing a smoke grenade into an open area and announcing that she is offering herself as a human shield, which the New York Times called “a tendentiously edited video.”
The New York Times claimed their investigation was done through reconstruction of the scene, through countless of videos and photographs. Their findings: “neither the medics nor anyone around them posed any apparent threat of violence to Israeli personnel” The report stated. “The shooting appears to have been reckless at best, and possibly a war crime, for which no one has yet been punished.”
“No one in the area is doing anything menacing. The tear gas is doing what it is meant to: making the use of lethal force unnecessary,” The report described the scene seconds before Razan was shot. “To deliberately shoot a medic, or any civilian, is a war crime. Israel quickly conceded that Ms. Najjar’s killing was unintended.”
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