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The Israeli army admitted that Muhammed Bhar, a Palestinian man with Down syndrome who died after being attacked and injured by an army dog, was abandoned by its soldiers.
This admission comes two weeks after Middle East Eye reported on Bhar’s death following an Israeli raid on his family home in Al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City on July 3. His full story was covered by Middle East Eye.
An army spokesperson told the Israeli newspaper +972 and other outlets over the weekend that soldiers abandoned Bhar to treat Israeli soldiers wounded nearby, as he claimed.
“The force that was treating the person who was bitten in the apartment had to leave to provide treatment to the injured soldiers,” the spokesperson said.
“At this point, the person remains, most likely, alone in the building.” he added.
