Israeli police murder Arab citizen of Israel, then lies about event's circumstances

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KAFR KANNA (Ma'an) -- A young Palestinian citizen of Israel died on Saturday morning after being shot in the chest by Israeli police during an arrest raid in a village north of Nazareth.

According to locals in the Galilee-region town of Kafr Kana in northern Israel, Khair al-Din Rouf Hamdan, 22, was shot dead after police attempted to arrest his cousin.

Police said officers opened fire against a knife-wielding man attempting to stab policemen. Unknown-sourced footage later appeared to portray a different story. The grainy security camera material showed a man repeatedly banging on the window of a police vehicle with a small object. When officers emerged to confront him, he began to backpedal and was then shot.

Following his death, locals in the village announced a general strike in protest against the killing.

Although the majority of Palestinians were expelled from their homes inside Israel during the 1948 conflict that led to the creation of the State of Israel, some Palestinians managed to remain in their villages and their descendants today make up around 20 percent of Israel's population.

Palestinians in Israel complain of routine discrimination, particularly in housing, land access and employment, and anger has risen in recent months over Israel's assault on Gaza that left nearly 2,200 dead.

More than 700 Palestinians in Israel were arrested in protests across the country against the attack over summer.

 

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The only liar is you.

Google: Rouf Hamdan video. You can clearly see he is holding a knife. Try not to lie next time.

PS. Again you used a Palestinian site and changed the title because its not enough anti Israeli.