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News ID: 53947
Publish Date : 13 June 2018 - 21:49

Palestinian Suspected of Killing Zionist Trooper Arrested

AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – Zionist troops have arrested a Palestinian suspected of killing a trooper during a raid in his West Bank refugee camp last month, the regime’s Shin Bet security agency said on Wednesday.
A statement released on behalf of the Shin Bet identified the suspect as Islam Yusuf Hamid, 32, a resident of the Am'ari refugee camp near Ramallah city.
On May 24, a large force of the Duvdevan Unit, a special operation force, arrived at the refugee camp to arrest residents allegedly involved in "terror acts," the military said after the incident.
One of the troops, identified as St.-Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky, was allegedly hit by a marble slab thrown at him from the third floor of a building that the troops were surrounding.
The slab broke Lubarsky's helmet and injured his head. He was taken to a hospital in a critical condition and succumbed to his wounds two days later.
The Zionist regime launched a wide manhunt to find the perpetrator.
According to the Shin Bet, Hamid was detained after the agency's "intelligence indicated that he was suspected of having thrown the marble slab."
During his interrogation, "it became clear that Hamid had indeed thrown the slab in question from an adjacent building," claimed the Shin Bet, without providing any proof.
Hamid has been under the Zionist regime’s custody since last Wednesday but his arrest was kept under a court-issued gag order.
"Hamid's investigation is continuing," the Shin Bet said, adding that "all other details are subject to a gag order."
The incident came amidst escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, where Zionist regime have killed at least 122 Palestinians during the two-month-long protests near the fence.

Zionist troopers stand at the scene of the fatal shooting of a Palestinian in the West Bank city of al-Khalil on June 2, 2018.