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An Israeli
military spokeswoman said soldiers were attacked by a mob while
trying to arrest a suspect in the village of Beit Ummar and
opened fire on the main attacker.
As the forces left the scene, the spokeswoman said, they were
attacked once more by a mob hurling rocks and bricks and
"responded to the assaults with fire toward the main
instigator."
A Palestinian doctor in a Hebron hospital said a 52-year-old man
had been shot and killed and two of his sons were wounded. The
doctor identified the man as Falah Abu Maria.
Yusuf abu Maria, an anti-Israeli settlement activist in the
town, said there had not been any clashes and that the shooting
took place inside a house.
On Wednesday, a Palestinian was killed in a separate arrest raid
when clashes erupted with residents.
Israeli troops enter Palestinian-controlled territory frequently
to detain people suspected of militant activity. The
Palestinians condemn this practice as an encroachment on the
limited self-rule they hold in parts of the West Bank.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta)
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