JERUSALEM (Agence France-Presse) — An Israeli soldier is seen shooting an arrested and handcuffed Palestinian in the leg with a plastic bullet, in a video released on Sunday by an Israeli human rights group.

The video distributed by the group, B’Tselem, shows the Palestinian, a demonstrator identified as Ashraf Abu Rahman, 27, in handcuffs and a blindfold, as a lieutenant colonel holds him by the arm.

The demonstrator was slightly wounded in the shooting, which the group said took place on July 7 in Nilin, a West Bank village.

Protests are regularly held there against Israel’s separation barrier.

The Israeli Army announced an inquiry after the video was shown on Palestinian television.

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