Palestinian holding a white flag killed by Israeli soldiers: Report

A Palestinian with his hands raised in the air was shot dead minutes after speaking to a British journalist on Tuesday, according to footage captured by ITV News.

Ramzi Abu Sahloul, who was 51 years old, was amongst a group of five men “doing their utmost to appear non-threatening” and holding a white flag. 

“The Israelis came to us and told us to evacuate but they didn’t let my brother out,” he told an ITV cameraman. “We want to go and try to get them, God willing,” Sahloul told the ITV cameraman. 

Moments later, as the cameraman filmed from across the street, a volley of gunfire rang out. Video aired by ITV showed the group ducking and beginning to move quickly in the opposite direction.

The footage then shows the group gathered around a member who’d dropped to the ground.

Sahloul had been shot and fatally wounded by an Israeli soldier.