“We invite them to take concrete steps to put pressure on the occupying regime to prevent applying it’s policies and procedures against the Palestinians in general, and against the eviction and demolition of the village of Susia in particular”.
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The hospital stated 24-yr-previous Mohammed was being handled for a gunshot wound to the pelvis.
She could not confirm his identity but acknowledged the wanted suspect was not taken into custody.
As forces left the scene, the army says, Palestinians threw rocks and bricks at them and forces fired toward the “main instigator”.
Israel’s parliament imposed tougher penalties of up to 20 years prison for people throwing stones at vehicles and roads, a move one Palestinian official branded racist and excessive.
Falah Abu Maria was buried in his village, the place stone-throwing youths clashed with the military afterwards.
One Palestinian fired a rifle at the forces, an AFP correspondent said. No casualties were reported.
Alawneh was shot in the chest and died shortly after arriving at hospital in Jenin, a Palestinian medic said.
The Israeli army had entered his home to arrest his son Mohammed, who was wanted on suspicion of security offences, but according to the reports, his father was caught up in the violence after he ran downstairs to see what was happening.
The witness did not want to give his name for fear of arrest.
The killings are the latest in a series of similar incidents in recent months as Israeli soldiers have been intensifying their attacks against Palestinians.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Thursday of talks that Islamic Hamas movement is holding with Israel on a temporary truce in Gaza.
Later on Thursday, Israeli authorities arrested 51-year-old Hanan al-Akhdar from Hebron, the sister of a Palestinian prisoner in the Israeli Rimon prison, while she was on a regular visit to her brother, according to the Palestinian Prisoenrs’ Club (PPC).
The spokesman called on Israel to “immediately stop creating a destructive atmosphere”.
Also, two Israeli brothers convicted of setting fire to a bilingual Hebrew-Arabic school in Jerusalem last year have been sentenced to imprisonment, a court spokeswoman said.
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JERUSALEM (AP) An Israeli settlement watchdog group says Israel has advanced plans to build or retroactively approve 1,065 housing units in West Bank Jewish settlements.
