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Israeli forces were searching for weapons in a house in the town
of Kafr Aqab when the suspect, Muhammad Al-Shaham, attacked
officers with a knife, a police statement said. It said the
officers responded by shooting Al-Shaham, who died of his
wounds.
The suspect's father, Ibrahim, said his son had been unarmed and
called his killing an execution. The Israeli officers entered
the house, he said, and "immediately began shooting, and they
shot my son in the head."
Senior Palestinian official Hussein Al Sheikh called for an
international investigation.
Israel frequently conducts raids in the West Bank to detain
suspected militants or confiscate weapons.
Monday's violence came a day after a Palestinian gunman wounded
at least eight people aboard a bus carrying Jewish worshippers
in the Old City of Jerusalem.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta and Ari Rabinovitch, editing by Mark
Heinrich)
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