<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Israeli Army Discharges Soldier for Killing Palestinian&nbsp;Civilian]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>PNN &#8211; Palestine News Network &#8211; 20.01.11 &#8211; 12:10</p>
<p>Tal Aviv – PNN – The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it  decided to discharge a soldier for killing an  innocent 65-year-old Palestinian man during a military raid earlier this  month in Hebron.</p>
<p>Omar al-Qawasmeh, 65, was killed on January 7 by Israeli troops as he  slept in his bed in his Hebron home. Troops stormed his house in  the early morning and targeted a home in which the army says Hamas  operatives were living.</p>
<p>Soldiers stormed al-Qawasmeh&#8217;s house and  shot him as he slept. Later it turned out that soldiers were looking for  another man who lived in the flat under al-Qawasmeh. Witnesses of the  attack say soldiers did not wait to verify the identity of al-Qawasmeh  before they shot him.</p>
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<div class="mosimage_caption" style="text-align:center;">Omar al-Qawasmeh&#8217;s wife show his bed (PNN Archive).</div>
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<p>al-Qawasmeh’s  son Raja’eh stated that the soldiers broke into the home, headed  directly to the bedroom of his parents, and fired several rounds at his  upper body and face.  Raja’eh added that his mother was not hurt as she  was conducting dawn prayers. The soldiers forced her into the room of  her disabled son and proceeded to kill her husband.</p>
<p>The Israeli army announced that an Israeli soldier opened fire on al-Qawasmeh after he felt his life was threatened.</p>
<p>According  to the Israeli army investigation, the first soldier who shot  al-Qawasmeh was acting within the army rules of engagement but the  second soldier who continued to fire at al al-Qawasmeh had acted  ”unprofessionally” and would be discharged.</p>
<p>The Israeli army  concluded by saying that it deeply regret the death of Omar al-Qawasmeh.  The army statement made to remarks on whether the soldier will be  facing a criminal trial or not.</p>
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<p><a href="http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=9433&amp;Itemid=64">PNN &#8211; Palestine News Network &#8211; Israeli Army Discharges Soldier for Killing Palestinian Civilian</a>.</p>
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