Shock and horror as Israeli soldiers throw Palestinian bodies off rooftop

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and threw their bodies off a rooftop in a shocking scene captured on video that has gone viral on social media. An AP journalist saw three Israeli soldiers pushing the bodies from the top of an adjacent multi-story building in Qabatya, sending the apparently lifeless bodies falling several storeys to the ground. The three men were killed during a 10-hour military assault on Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in which Israel killed seven Palestinians in total and wounded another 11. During the assault, Israeli forces reportedly knocked over pedestrians as they hurtled through the town in armoured jeeps and besieged several homes. The video of the three bodies being thrown off the buildings saw rights groups and Palestinians condemn Israeli forces for the harrowing act of brutality. Israel issued a statement, saying they were investigating the incident and claimed it does not meet the military's "values and the expectations" of its soldiers. According to the UN, 622 Palestinians have lost their lives in Israeli violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem between October and August, including 126 killed in air strikes, and killed by extremist Israeli settlers.