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Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man during Arafat Memorial March

A Palestinian man was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli security forces Monday morning in the al-Arroub refugee camp, about 7 miles north of Hebron in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry. The man, identified by medical sources as Omar Haitham al-Badawi, 22, was shot in the abdomen near the entrance to the camp, during a march commemorating the 15th anniversary of the death of the late PLO chairman and Palestinian Authority president, Yasser Arafat. Wafa, the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority, also reports that Israeli forces shot a Palestinian demonstrator in the thigh during clashes at another memorial march for the late Palestinian leader, in al-Fawwar refugee camp, 11 miles south of al-Arroub.