Jenin riddle: Why did an Israeli soldier shoot a British official in the back?
Jonathan Cook in Jenin, Chris McGreal in Jerusalem and Ewen MacAskill
Saturday December 7, 2002
The Guardian
Stand where the Israeli army sniper stood and the questions come flooding in.
Foremost among them is how the soldier who shot Iain Hook in the back in Jenin refugee camp could have mistaken the lanky British UN official with a mobile phone to his ear for a Palestinian youth waving a gun, as the army claims.
The sniper was only 25 metres from his victim, in daylight, and he had a telescopic sight.
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The job of the inquest was only to find out who had died and how, when and where he met his death. Not why.
But the jury heard clear evidence that it could not have been an accident.
The sniper was from the Israeli special forces, equipped with a medium to high powered rifle, probably with a red laser sight.
He also had radio communication with other troops who overlooked the compound.
And Mr Hook was known to the Israelis. He had to register himself with the authorities to work at the compound and each day passed through a whole host of army checkpoints.
Mr Wolstenholme believes it was not an accident: "It was a deliberate act."
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