Israeli army to discharge soldier in mistaken killing of Palestinian ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Joel Greenberg - January 19, 2011 - 1:00am The Israeli army said Wednesday that it will discharge a soldier for fatally shooting a 66-year-old Palestinian man in his bed in the West Bank city of Hebron during an early-morning roundup of Hamas militants on Jan 7. The man, Omar al-Qawasmeh, was killed by special forces troops who apparently mistook him for a militant who lived in the same building. Qawasmeh's wife said he had been sleeping and she was praying when soldiers came to their bedroom and immediately opened fire. » Read more

Israeli Soldier Discharged Over Killing of Unarmed Palestinian ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - January 19, 2011 - 1:00am The Israeli military announced Wednesday night that a soldier’s military career had been terminated after the fatal shooting of an unarmed 65-year-old Palestinian man in his bed during an arrest last week in the West Bank city of Hebron. Soldiers apparently mistook the man, Omar al-Qawasmeh, for a Hamas militant whom they had come to arrest, and who lived in an apartment in the same building. » Read more