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Israeli troops kill West Bank man as fresh Gaza ceasefire holds
11 August 2014 09:43 BST
A 22-year-old Palestinian was killed in a standoff with Israeli forces near the West Bank town of Nablus on Monday as a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza agreed late Sunday held overnight.
Zakariya al-Aqraa was killled, and five others injured, after Israeli troops threw bombs and opened fire on a house in the village Qabalan where the 22-year-old had "holed up", according to a local medic.
Aqraa reportedly shot at an undercover police unit that had arrived at the house to arrest him, Haaretz reported. When he refused to surrender, officers fired a missile towards his home and gunfire was exchanged.
Israeli troops partially demolished the house with a bulldozer, Anadolu Agency reported.
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