Undercover Israeli agents kill Palestinian in hospital

But the European Union accounts for only about 10-20 per cent of Jordan Valley exports as farmers have found new markets in Russian Federation and Asia, even if rouble weakness has hurt them recently.

A cousin, Abdallah, who was in the bathroom, was shot dead when he suddenly re-entered the room, Shawar said.

“We heard shots. I didn’t know if they were shooting in the air or if they had shot someone”, said SZ, who remained outside Mr Al Shalaldeh’s room.

He alleged that ‘all the other patients in the room started screaming while they let him bleed.

As they left, one officer turned to the hospital worker and motioned, apparently to let him know that someone was shot. He had been shot in the head, the upper abdomen and the hand. “We are also on the offensive”, he said.

“The man is in a hospital, he’s not planning to attack soldiers”, said Mr Al Sharif.

The Shin Bet said its agents had arrested Azzam.

In the last two months Palestinians have killed 14 Israelis, mainly in stabbing attacks, while 81 Palestinians have been killed, including 51 said by Israel to have been involved in assaults.

However, he said Azzam needed to remain in hospital as “some wounds were still in the healing phase”.

Hebron, the West Bank’s largest city, has always been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, once dubbed a “sleeping lion” by late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. This should be a safe place. Polls taken during times of violence and heightened anxiety are likely to measure more extreme attitudes than might be the case during more peaceful times.

“The family of the person killed here may respond”. “There is a tremendous amount of risk”, he said, adding that they are crucial in both thwarting attacks and gathering intelligence.

A joint statement from various Israeli nongovernmental organizations said arresting terror suspects is better than “shooting to kill” and reprimanded leaders for encouraging the more extreme tactic. Twelve Israelis have been killed.

Palestinians are angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and their attacks on Palestinian properties, saying that the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of the compound.

The incident is not the first time Israel’s undercover forces have been caught on camera since a current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence began two months ago.

According to the poll, 75% of British Jews agree that “the expansion of settlements on the West Bank is a major obstacle to peace” and nearly three-quarters (73%) now believe the nation’s approach to peace is damaging “to its standing in the world”.

The two other West Bank homes, near Ramallah and in the Qalandiya refugee camp, were linked to the murders of Malahi Rosenfeld, Danny Gonen in June.

Such raids have been increasingly common amid the recent crackdown on Palestinians, with Israeli checkpoints making it increasingly hard for Palestinians to access neighborhood hospitals, and have been pressuring hospital staff to turn over people wounded in military raids.