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Photo: Mahmoud Abdullah ‘Adwan
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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man during a dawn detention raid in Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah, medics said Tuesday.

Mahmoud Abdullah Udwan, 21, was shot in the head while standing on the rooftop of his family home in the camp, medics said.

He was hit as Israeli soldiers ransacked homes to make arrests at around 3 a.m.

Clashes broke out as a result of the raid, with youths throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.

President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the killing and urged the international community to provide protection for the Palestinian people, a statement from his office said.

Despite the confrontations, Israeli soldiers managed to detain 26-year-old Mujahid Hamad, who works with the Palestinian football federation as a security guard at stadiums.

Four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers in Qalandiya refugee camp this year during arrest raids.
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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, the Qalandia refugee camp, in the central West Bank district of Ramallah, shot and killed a young Palestinian man with a live round to the head.

Medical sources said the soldiers shot Mahmoud Abdullah ‘Adwan, 21 years of age, seriously wounding him to the head, and prevented Palestinian medics from reaching the heavily bleeding Palestinian.

The sources added that the medics eventually managed to reach the seriously wounded man, and moved him to the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah, where he died of his serious injury.

Eyewitnesses said dozens of soldiers invaded the camp, during early dawn hours, to kidnap some Palestinians, an issue that led to clashes with scores of local youths.

The soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while local youths hurled stones, empty bottles and several Molotov cocktails at the invading vehicles.

The army later kidnapped a Palestinian, identified as Mojahed Mazen Hamad, 26, and took him to an unknown destination.

According to the Israeli military, Palestinian fighters exchanged fire with the invading soldiers, threw an explosive charge at them, and that the soldiers shot and injured two Palestinians. The army reported no injuries among its soldiers.