Palestinian man killed in clashes with Israeli police
A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers overnight as they arrived to demolish the home of the alleged perpetrator of a deadly attack on Israelis, the army said on Thursday.
A spokeswoman said that during a confrontation "suspects threw improvised explosive devices at soldiers, who responded by opening fire, resulting in the death" of a Palestinian.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the man killed as Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19.
The spokeswoman said Israeli soldiers were attempting to demolish the home of Misbah Abu Sbeih - who went on a deadly shooting rampage in October - in the east Jerusalem district of Kufr Aqab.
Sbeih was shot dead by security forces on 9 October after killing police officer Yosef Kirma, 29, while Israeli media identified the second victim as 60-year-old Israeli woman Levana Malihi.
A wave of violence in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Israel since October 2015 has killed 245 Palestinians, 36 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese national, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or car-ramming attacks, according to Israeli authorities.
Others were shot dead during protests or clashes, while some died in Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
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