Leftists have demanded that the IDF investigate the shooting of a Naalin villager who was wounded by rubber bullets during rock-throwing protests against the arrest of his brother, who was on the army's wanted list. The IDF said that a preliminary probe indicated that the soldier who fired acted correctly.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has claimed that the victim was critically injured and is mentally ill. PA legislator Mustafa Barghouti wants the World Court in Hague to try Defense Minister Ehud Barak, whom he holds responsible for the shooting.