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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 03:01 06/12/2007 Undercover IDF unit accidentally kills PA policeman in Bethlehem By Yuval Azoulay and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: IDF, police  An undercover Border Police unit accidentally killed a Palestinian police officer during an arrest raid in Bethlehem Wednesday. Mohammed Salah, 36, was killed after Border Police officers refused to stop at a Palestinian security forces roadblock near Al-Hadar, south of Bethlehem. The Palestinians began following the Israeli officers' vehicle, when the Border Police officers opened fire. Advertisement Salah was taken to the hospital in Beit Jalla, where he died of his injuries. A second Palestinian officer was injured lightly in the incident. The Israel Defense Forces Spokesman said that West Bank Division Commander Brigadier General Noam Tivon and the Head of the District Coordination Office, Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai offered to help evacuate and treat the wounded men. They said the operation had not targeted Palestinian police officers. After the incident, Mordechai spoke with the commander of the Palestinian forces in the Bethlehem area. The two agreed to maintain quiet in the area. The incident is being investigated by the IDF. More Israeli troops were summoned to the area in order to extract the Border Police officers after residents began throwing rocks at them. The commander of the IDF's Etzion Division, Brig.-Gen. Nir Solomon, met with Palestinian officers last night at the coordination headquarters. The officers decided to establish a joint team to investigate the circumstances of the incident. IDF officials said the meeting was friendly and that the tension created by the incident had dissipated. The IDF emphasized, however, that it will continue to operate in the area, in accordance with operational needs. Related articles: IDF: PA police killed settler in West Bank Hundreds of PA police arrive in Nablus to impose law and order Newly deployed PA police force leaves Nablus to IDF at night U.S. official doubts ability of PA to police West Bank Bookmark to del.icio.us Foreign correspondents Police probe 3 Israeli journalists suspected of unauthorized travel to enemy states. Petrol protest Gaza gas station owners refuse to accept reduced fuel supplies from Israel.   1.   just making sure there will be no peace 01:59  |  Mike 06/12/07   2.   What cover? 02:53  |  jjvanka 06/12/07   3.   How should Pal police know who is an underground IDF unit? 04:55  |  Petteri 06/12/07   4.   HAARETZ COVERED UP THE FACT THAT TWO PAL."POLICEMEN" WERE 08:01  |  Jew 06/12/07   5.   poor title choice 08:19  |  John Brownstone 06/12/07   6.   6 mln jews were accidently killed in Auschwitz 08:40  |  Igor 06/12/07   7.   WHILE PAL`s,including police,continue to kill Israeli civillians 09:21  |  PETER S.M. 06/12/07   8.   # 4 the jew in jerusalem 09:24  |  eric 06/12/07   9.   J.BROWNSTONE.What is YOUR title choice for killing Israelis 09:26  |  PETER S.M. 06/12/07   10.   IGOR. No doubt You are.Depends who you hang out with 09:28  |  PETER S.M. 06/12/07   11.   ERIC.The Pal police who killed are NOT in Pal custody 09:51  |  PETER S.M. 06/12/07   12.   So now the story is changing..... 13:03  |  Johnboy 06/12/07   13.   Johnboy #12 13:46  |  jjvanka 06/12/07   14.   #9, Peter SM... 16:55  |  Silvienne 06/12/07   15.   #3, Petteri... 17:16  |  Silvienne 06/12/07   16.   It is very clear 20:08  |  Adrian de Klerk 06/12/07   17.   idf shoot palestinian police 01:05  |  paulo2005 07/12/07

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