Palestinian Security Forces Under Attack

The first member of this police force to arrive on the scene, Muhammad Abu-'Arab, 33, entered the building and took the elevator to the fourth floor along with two unarmed civilians, a married couple, who had arrived simultaneously. These two individuals confirmed that upon the opening of the elevator doors, at least three armed men were standing in the darkness of the landing. When Muhammad Abu-'Arab enquired as to what they were doing there, the men began shouting in Hebrew and opened fire on the security officer from less than four metres away, killing him instantly with six bullets in the chest. The two eyewitnesses then saw that the men were in fact uniformed Israeli soldiers with their faces blackened. The soldiers ordered them out of the elevator and subsequently brought them to the third floor of the building, where more Israeli soldiers were positioned.

Meanwhile, a clearly marked Palestinian Preventative Security Forces patrol jeep had arrived to the scene, also in response to the resident's initial phone call, containing seven members of the force. They stopped a few metres from the entrance of the building; four of the force went towards the building to investigate, while the other three stayed at the patrol jeep. These three officers were then surrounded by seven Israeli military jeeps which reached the scene almost immediately after the Palestinian officers had exited their vehicle, arriving stealthily with no lights on. When the First Lieutenant of the Palestinian security force attempted to approach the Israeli military jeeps in order to introduce himself and explain the objective of his force's presence, he was ordered back.

The other four members of the Palestinian security force, who by this stage were at the entrance of the building, were startled by the unexpected and unannounced arrival of the Israeli military. They decided to go back to their patrol jeep to present themselves to the Israeli military and explain the situation. As they began walking away from the building, the officer at the rear of the group, Khaldoun Shoman, 33, was shot and killed without warning by Israeli soldiers apparently hiding in the shadows on a ground floor balcony of the building. An examination of Khaldoun Shoman's uniform shows that at least five bullets hit him from behind. The remaining six Palestinian security officers then had their weapons and IDs seized by Israeli officers.

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