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Israeli forces kill Palestinian man inside his home north of Jerusalem

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man inside his home north of Jerusalem
Mohammad Shaham, 25 years old, was shot inside his house by Israeli forces raiding Kufr Aqab Tuesday before dawn. He is the 139th Palestinian killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year.
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West Bank
15 August, 2022
The Palestinian Authority demanded an international investigation into Shaham's killing. [Qassam Muaddi/TNA]

IsraeliÌýforces killed on Monday a Palestinian man at his home, during a military raid into the town of .
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The victim, 25-year-old Mohammad Shaham, was killed by a bullet in the head, according to his family, at the entrance of his family's apartment, on the second story of a residential building in Kufr Aqab.
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",ÌýMohammad rushed out to see who it was," his weeping mother told °®Âþµº, as she was surrounded by grieving women at the family's apartment.

"They shot him right in the head, but he hadn't done anything," she repeatedly exclaimed amidst heavy sobbing. "They killed him and then they took him away."

IsraeliÌýforces seized Shaham's body and dragged it out, leaving his blood stains on the stairs. .

"Mohammad was very close to me, he loved me and took care of me all the time," his 10-year-old sister, Rimas Shaham, told °®Âþµº. "I heard my father shouting that Mohammad was killed, and I heard the sound of the soldiers walking around."

"We stayed inside our room and didn't come out until my father came and took us to the neighbours'Ìýhouse because the army wasÌýsearching the house when I saw Mohammad lying on the floor and bleeding," recalled the child, holding her brother's blood-stained shirt toward the press cameras.

Grieving Palestinian women / Qassam Muaddi
Israeli forces seized Shaham's body and continue to withhold it. [Qassam Muaddi/TNA]

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saying that Shaham had attacked the soldiers, who were conducting a search raid, with a kitchen knife.
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His father, Ibrahim Shaham, told Palestinian media earlier that IsraeliÌýsoldiers brokeÌýthe door and began to shoot as soon as they entered.

"Mohammad received a bullet in his forehead, then they [IsraeliÌýsoldiers] left him bleeding on the floor for more than forty minutes," said the father.

According to his father, Shaham . "If they wanted to arrest him they could do so," insisting that his son "had no political affiliation and didn't belong to any group".
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The secretary of the PLO executive committee, Hussein AL-Sheikh, demanding an urgent international investigation into it. Several Palestinian factions also issued statements condemning Shaham's killing.

A general strike was declared by local associations in Kufr Aqab and the neighbouring Qalandia town and refugee camp, in mourning of Shaham.
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Since the beginning of 2022, last week.

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