B'Tselem report: Crowd Control: Israel's Use of Crowd Control ...

Crowd Control Crowd Control Weapons in the West Bankmuscle groups of the buttocks, the thighs, and even the knees of the target.This enables infliction of pain while avoiding serious or life-threateninginjuries. 109In recent years, B’Tselem has documented several instances in East Jerusalemin which police officers have fired sponge rounds unlawfully, in blatantviolation of the regulations, resulting in injury to Palestinians. In some ofthese incidents, the rounds were fired at people who were uninvolved in theclashes, including a woman with her back to the police officer and a manstanding outside his shop, documenting the activity of Border Police in thestreet. In addition, police have been documented firing sponge rounds atchildren and at people arguing with officers, as well as firing at torsos andfaces from an extremely short range, resulting in the loss of an eye in at leastone case.Police officers equipped with launchers armed with sponge rounds, East Jerusalem, May 2012.Photo by Activestills109 Manufacturer’s specifications, see footnote 99 above.45