- Title: MIDEAST-PALESTINIANS/ISRAEL Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank
- Date: 16th December 2014
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- Location: West bank
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: General
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Israeli soldiers on Tuesday (December 16) shot and killed a Palestinian during an arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the military and Palestinian witnesses said.
Witnesses said residents of Qalandia refugee camp threw stones at the Israeli soldiers and the man killed, Mahmoud Adwan, 20, was watching from the roof of his home when he was shot.
Explosive devices were also hurled at the troops, the military said.
Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner said on social media website Twitter that special Israeli forces came under attack during an overnight operation in Qalandia and that in the fire exchange one militant was killed and another wounded and detained.
But Ra'ed Hamdan, a neighbour, said that Adwan was not taking part in the clashes and was deliberately targeted by an Israeli sniper.
"He was not fighting, he went out to see what was happening at his neighbour's house after hearing the noise, the terror, and the explosions caused by the Israeli soldiers who shot at people's doors. So, he went out to see what was happening at his neighbour's (house) and there was a spiteful sniper who was waiting for him to show up to give us our Christmas gift by killing one of the Qalandia refugee camp youths," Hamdan said.
Violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories has surged in the past few months.
Attacks by Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis, and 13 Palestinians have been killed, including several of the assailants.
Last week a Palestinian minister died after a confrontation with Israeli border police in the occupied West Bank.
Three Israeli teens were killed by Palestinian militants in the West Bank in June and in a retribution attack in July, a Palestinian youth was burned to death by three Israelis.
A July-August war between Israel and Islamist Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, killed 2,100 Palestinians and 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians in Israel were also killed. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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