(JNS.org) An Israeli government review of the death of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura during the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000 has officially debunked a French television report suggesting he was killed by direct Israel Defense Forces fire, Israel Hayom reported. The 36-page report further concluded that it was highly likely that the boy survived the incident unscathed and therefore may still be alive. The boy’s father, Jamal, urged an international inquest into the shooting. The incident took place on Sept. 30, 2000—the early days of the Al-Aqsa Intifada—when Jamal al-Dura and his son Muhammad were filmed by a France 2 news crew as they were taking cover behind a concrete barrier after they were caught in a crossfire between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police forces on the Gaza Strip’s main north-south highway. France 2 reported that the boy was killed by direct fire from a nearby IDF post. The Israeli government review, however, examined the raw footage filmed by the France 2 crew, and found that it was edited to exclude a part at the end in which the boy — declared dead by the reporter on film merely a moment earlier — is clearly seen alive and moving.