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January 7, 2011

Israeli Troops Kill 65-Year-Old Man in Home Raid 
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In the occupied West Bank, Israeli troops killed a 65-year-old
Palestinian civilian named Amr Qawasme in a pre-dawn house raid earlier
today in Hebron. Amr Qawasme's wife Sopheye said the troops stormed into
his bedroom while he was sleeping.

Sopheye Qawasme: "He wasn't even awake. They just entered the door and
shot him right away. I had gone to pray. When I came back, they told me.
I have no idea how they just broke into the house and shot him. They
came at me and put a rifle to my head, and they shot him again."

The Israeli military confirmed that Amr Qawasme was a civilian, but said
the raid was justified because a member of Hamas was living in the
building.



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