Israel Defense Force soldiers fatally shot a masked 19-year-old Arab who pointed a pistol at them which turned out to be a toy.
The soldiers confronted the youth Thursday while he was smearing graffiti on a wall in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip. They said they fired because the gun pointed at them seemed real.
The soldiers even claimed at one point that they heard it fire and saw a flash emerge from the muzzle.
Meanwhile, a 55-year-old resident of the Arab town of Kalkilya, in the West Bank, was shot to death by an unknown assailant Thursday.
The victim was identified as Ahmad Sa’ad. His son, who rushed to his aid, sustained head injuries and was hospitalized in nearby Kfar Sava.
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