An elderly, deaf and defenseless Palestinian was shot dead by the occupation army (Al Jazeera)

A video clip published by Al Jazeera of Israeli occupation soldiers killing an elderly, unarmed Palestinian, during their storming of a house west of Gaza City, despite the man raising his hands indicating to the Israeli soldier not to kill, sparked a state of anger and shock on social media platforms.

Al Jazeera was able to identify the man who appeared in the video, and he is called Atta Ibrahim Al-Maqed (73 years old). He is deaf and mute, meaning he cannot hear or speak. According to the words of the Israeli soldier who appeared in the video, he saw a person and was pointing at him with his hands, but he opened fire. Accordingly, the clip also showed the soldier’s joy at killing the elderly Palestinian, and receiving congratulations and praise from his fellow soldiers for his action.

#Al Jazeera shows special scenes captured by an Israeli soldier’s camera on November 6, documenting the killing of an unarmed elderly Palestinian in a raid on a house west of #Gaza city #Gaza_War #Video pic.twitter.com/BNX2af5EiO

- Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) March 8, 2024

A relative of the martyr Atta - who got to know him through the video published by Al Jazeera - said: “The unarmed martyr who appeared in the video is one of my cousins... he is not married and lives alone in an apartment in the Beach camp, and perhaps with the acceleration of events he took refuge in this villa... so often.” We asked about him and did not get an answer and did not find anyone to guide us to him... until this video appeared in which Atta was executed in cold blood.”

Scenes documenting the moment of execution of a defenseless elderly man during the storming of a house in western Gaza on November 6th.


The unarmed martyr who appeared in the video is one of my cousins. His name is


Atta Ibrahim Muqbil al-Muqayd - 70 years old - a simple, mute person.


He is not married and lives alone in an apartment in Al-Shati camp, and perhaps with the acceleration of events, he came to this place... pic.twitter.com/1zDBoLWc3f

- Atef Moqayad (@atefmoq) March 9, 2024

A horrific crime

Some observers commented on the reaction of the Israeli soldier when his friend answered that he had killed him, and the other responded by saying: “You killed him? Excellent,” and they said that the phrase “tashfi” embodies the enemy’s criminal mentality by bullying civilians, including the elderly Atta Ibrahim, who is tied up.

They described it as a horrific crime, and that it was documented in audio and video by all organizations that promote human rights. You should watch the video, especially when the elderly man appeared raising his hands, but the Israeli soldier insisted on killing him and shot him 4 times in cold blood, according to what one of them said.

“His killer is excellent” is a phrase that embodies the enemy’s criminal mentality with his bullying of civilians, including our elderly, defenseless, deaf and mute uncle, Atta Ibrahim Al-Muqad,


a horrific crime that is an audio and video document for all one-eyed organizations when our uncle, who cannot speak, raises his hands and the soldier kills him with four bullets in cold blood pic.twitter.com/ JmTppxK1lW

- Najwa Daher (@najwadaher78) March 9, 2024

Some observers pointed out that the resistance helps reveal the facts and the extent of the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation soldiers against the people of Gaza through the clips obtained from the cameras of the occupation forces, and that there are many videos that have not been shown yet for security reasons and to preserve the confidentiality of information that has not been used. after.

Painful scenes obtained from the camera of an Israeli terrorist soldier in Gaza City.


The assassination of an elderly Palestinian man in his home was documented despite raising his hands amidst congratulations and praise from his fellow soldiers for this terrorist act.

The resistance helps reveal the facts and the extent of the crime through videos that are difficult to obtain without their help.… pic.twitter.com/u3AbnWeKLY

— Tamer |

Tamer (@tamerqdh) March 8, 2024

Bloggers said that the Israeli army has begun to enjoy documenting its crimes against the people of Gaza without fear, and that its members know that they will not be pursued and held accountable in international courts due to Western countries’ absolute support for the war of extermination that Israel has been carrying out against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for 6 months.

The Nazi-Zionist army went to great lengths, enjoying documenting its crimes with complete ease.


Atta Ibrahim Al-Muqayd, a 73-year-old elderly man who was mute and deaf, was killed by an Israeli soldier in his home with 4 bullets despite raising his hands in surrender. #Ramadan_Karim https://t.co/cS6ULx9h3J

- Sif (@Siflynour) March 10, 2024

After the uproar caused by the clip of the killing of the defenseless elderly Palestinian, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that the Israeli army admits to the killing of the defenseless elderly man, whose execution Al Jazeera published a video clip documenting, and the newspaper added that the army says that it is investigating the circumstances of the killing of the defenseless elderly man who was killed by soldiers during a search of a house west of Gaza.

According to camera data, the clip dates back to November 6th at 15:55 local time.

Source: Al Jazeera + social networking sites