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Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank raid

Published 09/10/2014, 11:34 AM
Updated 09/10/2014, 11:34 AM
© Reuters A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to throw stones towards Israeli troops during clashes near Nablus

RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday during a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian medics and the Israeli military said.

The soldiers, seeking to detain a Hamas militant, were confronted by around 50 Palestinians who hurled stones, petrol bombs and burning tires at them, an Israeli military spokeswoman said.

Israel and Hamas, the Islamist militant group which dominates Gaza, fought a seven-week war in July and August.

The medics named the dead man as 22-year-old Issa al Qitri, and said he had been shot in the heart in al-Amari camp near the city of Ramallah.

The Israeli military spokeswoman said he was shot while trying to throw an explosive device at the soldiers.

© Reuters. A Palestinian man throws a stone towards Israeli troops during clashes following the funeral of Issa al Qitri in Ramallah

Palestinians want the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem for a future state. Peace talks with Israel, which captured those territories in the 1967 Middle East war, broke down in April.

(Reporting by Ali Sawafta; Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Jeffrey Heller and John Stonestreet)

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