Israeli security forces on an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian yesterday when clashes broke out with residents, Palestinian sources said.
A Palestinian hospital official said Mohammed Alawneh, 19, was shot in his chest and taken to hospital where he died of his wounds. The witness said Alawneh picked up a stone to throw at a policeman and was shot.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli military described the stone-throwing as “a violent riot.” Israeli troops enter Palestinian-controlled territory frequently to detain people suspected by Israel of militant activity.
The Palestinians condemn this practice as an encroachment on the limited self-rule they hold in parts of the West Bank.
