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The site of the shooting in Jerusalem, October 22, 2015. A man was shot dead after he was suspected of trying to grab a soldier's gun. Credit: GallerUri Davis / Firefighter Department
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from Haaretz Live Updates:

12:04 A.M. A man was shot dead on a bus in Jerusalem after apparently trying to grab a gun from a soldier.
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and killed a Jewish man in central Jerusalem overnight Wednesday after mistaking him for a "Palestinian attacker," Israeli police and media said.

Israeli media said the man was shot after he attempted to grab a weapon from Israeli security forces after an argument. The man was identified as a Jewish-Israeli from his identity card.

Other reports said a private security guard shot the man after an altercation as he was getting off a bus in the center of Jerusalem.
Israeli forces have killed at least 47 Palestinians since the start of the month, many of whom rights groups claim were killed through "extra-judicial execution" by Israeli forces, who have been urged by officials to shoot and kill alleged attackers on scene.

On Sunday, an Eritrean man was shot and killed after being suspected of being a second attacker during a shooting in Beersheba bus station in southern Israel.

The man was identified as Haftom Zarhum, 29, and had traveled to Beersheba to obtain a visa.

Graphic video footage shows Zarhum being assaulted and kicked in the head as he lies bleeding on the ground, with several benches thrown at him as an angry Israeli mob surrounds him.

Last week in northern Israel an Israeli stabbed and injured another Israeli after reportedly mistaking him for a Palestinian.

Attacks allegedly committed by Palestinians throughout the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel this month have left at least nine Israelis dead, including three settlers.