Elderly Palestinian man launches fearless verbal tirade against armed Israeli soldiers

Hannah Al-Othman12 October 2015

An elderly man has been filmed fearlessly confronting a group of armed soldiers following a clash between the Israeli army and Palestinian youths.

The man, 65-year-old Palestinian Ziyad Abu Haleel, shouts at the Israeli soldiers in Arabic, saying: "You should be ashamed of yourselves. How do you fire your weapon on kids?

"That's not ok. Take your soldiers away from here."

Even when one of the soldiers raises his gun to him, Mr Abu Haleel does not relent, continuing to tell the soldiers that they should be ashamed of their actions.

"You want to kill more?" he asks. "Two martyrs were buried today and you want to kill more?

"Are you not ashamed? Are you not a human being?"

The soldiers threated to arrest the elderly man, but he displays no fear and continues to chastise them, until he drops to the ground, clutching his chest.

Watching journalists rushed to Mr Abu Haleel's aid, and he was taken to hospital. He has since been released after suffering minor bruising.

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