Father, 52, shot two times in the chest while trying
to help his son who Israeli forces were attempting to arrest.
Israeli forces have broken into a house and
killed a 52-year-old Palestinian man in a village north of Hebron in the
occupied West Bank.
Falah Abu Maria was shot in the chest two times
from a relatively close range, according to medical sources, on Thursday in
Beit Ummar village while he was trying to help his 22-year-old son, Mohammad,
who was injured in the leg by the soldiers.
The Israeli troops carried out the raid to detain
Mohammad and started shooting when one of the family members attempted to
strangle one of the soldiers, Israeli media claimed.
Al Jazeera has learned that Mohd is in stable
condition in Hebron's Al Ahli hospital. Ahmad, another son of the victim, was also
slightly injured in the incident.
The father, Falah, and both of his sons had
been previously jailed in Israeli prisons. Falah's brother, Waheed, was on an extended
hunger strike last year. His cousin, Hashem, was shot dead last year during a
West Bank demonstration in solidarity with the besieged Gaza Strip.
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