Palestinian, 65, shot by mistake
The man was shot as troops swooped on houses in the occupied West Bank to re-arrest five members of the Islamist Hamas group freed from Palestinian jails just the day before.
The administration of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, which often co-ordinates West Bank security with Israel, rejected Hamas charges of responsibility for Amr Qawasme's death.
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Hide AdIsraeli soldiers broke into Mr Qawasme's home, one floor above a Hamas militant, and stormed into his bedroom, his wife Sobheye said. She heard shots and found him lying in a pool of blood.
"I was praying when they entered. They put their hand to my mouth and a rifle to my head," she said.
The Israeli army expressed its regret.