Israeli soldiers who shot and injured two demonstrators protesting a check point to the West Bank will not be punished according to an internal investigation by the army, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.

The soldiers opened fire two weeks ago when members of Anarchists Against the Wall tried to split a fence at the check point. An Israeli and an American were hurt.

The soldiers indicated later that they did not know that the demonsrators were Israeli.

The incident has turned into a political controversy in Israel. The father of the injured Israeli said on Monday that "you'd have to be drunk" to believe the army's version of the shooting.

According to the army investigation the soldiers acted in accordance with instructions to open fire. However, they were not equipped to dissolve a demonstration, the report revealed.

They were also not informed about the planned demonstration at the check point.

Liad Kantorowitz, a member of Anarchists Against the Wall, called the conclusions of the army investigation "irrelevant", adding that if the injured demonstrator had not been a Jewish Israeli the army would not have investigated the incident.