IDF accused of ‘field execution’ of Palestinian driver bringing aid into Gaza
by Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger in Jerusal from World news | The Guardian on (#76WER)
The local truckers association has said it may suspend operations, after several eyewitnesses decried the murder of Ahmad Esleem
A Palestinian driver bringing food aid from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) into Gaza has been killed by an Israeli soldier, according to eyewitnesses and the local truckers association, which said it may suspend operations in protest.
Ahmad Esleem was shot in the head on Wednesday when an aid convoy stopped because of a breakdown to one truck soon after entering Gaza, according to three accounts. Israeli soldiers ordered the drivers to dismount and one of them shot Esleem in the head when his hands were raised.
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