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Four Palestinians killed by Israeli troops were unarmed, digital probe finds
14 October 2023 10:57 BST
Israel's army claimed to have kill four Palestinian fighters earlier this week, but the four men were in fact unarmed, Al Jazeera has found.
Al Jazeera's digital investigations team analysed scenes in a video posted by the Israeli military on 10 October in the Zikim beach area of southern Israel.
It found that the unarmed men raised their hands to surrender to Israeli soldiers, shortly before they were killed.
Earlier this week, Euro Med Monitor said the scene of the crime had been doctored and assault rifles were placed next to the bodies.
The rights group said the killings were "an act of extrajudicial execution that constitutes a war crime".