ISRAEL – The Israeli military is investigating soldiers for throwing bodies from a rooftop in the northern occupied West Bank on Thursday, amid an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) incursion in the area that left seven dead, according to the Palestinian government, and has seen clashes and intense gunfire with militants.

The incident was filmed from several angles by residents of Qabatya, near Jenin, and witnessed by an Associated Press (AP) reporter. CNN cannot confirm whether the men whose bodies were thrown from the building were dead, though their bodies are motionless and appear lifeless.

The longest video shows three Israeli soldiers standing on a rooftop. They can be seen pushing a body over the edge of the building. The feet of the body get stuck in what appears to be electrical or telephone cables, and it dangles over the edge, headfirst. One of the soldiers then reaches over to dislodge the person’s feet, and the body tumbles to the ground.

Approaching a second body on the roof, a soldier picks up the person’s hands and another picks up the feet. They swing the body back and forth, then toss it over the side. Finally, a soldier uses his feet to kick a third body over the side of the building. “This is a serious incident that does not coincide with IDF values and the expectations from IDF soldiers,” the military said in a statement to CNN. “The incident is under review.”

United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric described the actions seen in the video as “grotesque and inhumane,” speaking to journalists on Friday. Militaries are required under international law to treat the bodies of enemy soldiers with respect, prevent them from being mutilated, and return them to the deceased’s family. The Israeli military often confiscates the bodies of militants killed in battle.

The governor of Jenin, Kamal Abu Al-Roub, told CNN that the Israeli military took four bodies from Qabatya. He said that funeral for three others killed in the incursion would be held on Friday. (CNN)…[+]