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In a case that actually went to trial, and
therefore received considerable attention (in
Israel, that is), four soldiers of an elite unit
of the Givati Brigade were arrested and charged
with beating an inhabitant of the Jabaliya camp
to death on August 22. The case was first
reported in Ha'aretz a month later. After
children had thrown stones, twenty soldiers
broke into a home and began to beat the father
of one of the suspected stonethrowers, Hani
al-Shami. He was kicked and beaten with clubs
and weapons. Soldiers jumped on him from the bed
while he was lying on the floor, his head
bleeding from blows with clubs. His wife was
also beaten up by soldiers. An officer arrived,
found the severely wounded man bleeding heavily,
and ordered him taken to the Military
Administration offices, not to a hospital; that
is routine procedure. Later, the family was
informed that al-Shami was dead. Two soldiers
from the same unit said "it is true that we beat
them up and very strongly too, but it is better
to break bones than to shoot people," echoing
the Minister of Defense. "We have lost our human
image," they said.

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