Key Facts

• Awdah Hathaleen was filming when settler Yinon Levi shot him in the chest, killing him.
• The bullet that killed Hathaleen matched the nine-millimetre handgun Levi carried.
• Levi claimed self-defense, but evidence shows Hathaleen posed no threat and no Palestinians there were armed.
• Levi and other settlers were carrying out unauthorized land work on private Palestinian land.
• Police and soldiers did not arrest Levi at the scene and released him under house arrest for only three days after international pressure.
• Ambulances were blocked from reaching Hathaleen, and his body was withheld from his family for 10 days.
• Levi is known to harass Palestinians and operates an illegal settlement outpost supported by an Israeli volunteer group.
• The report argues there is a system protecting settlers from law enforcement in this region.