A man was shot and killed in the Bedouin town of Rahat in the Negev overnight Monday following clashes with members of Border Police units who arrived to carry out arrests.
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A spokesperson for the Israel Police said that shots were fired at troops, putting them in mortal danger, and they returned fire in an attempt to neutralize the threat from the suspect, Sanad Elharar, 27.
The police's Internal Investigations Union opened a probe into the incident.
In Nablus, two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in clashes with Israeli troops conducting raids overnight Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.
According to the Palestinian report, Nader Rayan, 16, was shot and killed, and three other Palestinians were wounded, in a raid in the Balata refugee camp.
The Border Police said personnel had entered Balata to arrest a suspect in possession of an M16 assault rifle. As they were leaving, Palestinians started hurling rocks and firebombs at them, and the Border Police opened fire in response.
None of the Israeli forces were reported wounded.
Elsewhere, Palestinian reports said another Palestinian, Alaa Shiham, who was in his 20s, was killed in Qalandia, just outside of Jerusalem. The ministry said six other Palestinians had been wounded in Qalandia and taken to a hospital.
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