Police shot and killed a man in his home Saturday night in Tarabin al-Sana, during a raid that has been ongoing for days in the Bedouin town.

The police said that 36-year-old Muhammad Hussein Tarabin was a suspect in the torching of cars in nearby Jewish towns and endangered forces during their overnight operation. His family denied both allegations and insisted he had been killed in cold blood.

The Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) launched a probe into the incident, the State Attorney’s Office agency told The Times of Israel.

The officer suspected in the shooting was interrogated on suspicion of shooting unlawfully and was released to five days of house arrest. He was barred from entering police stations for a week, the agency said.

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who oversees the police, lauded the shooting.

“Those who endanger our police and fighters must be neutralized,” he said, congratulating the forces responsible.

Tarabin was killed during an operation by a “special unit” in the police alongside the Border Police’s fledgling National Guard force, which was founded during Ben Gvir’s tenure.

The special unit consisted of masked officers in military fatigues, who entered the town at around midnight, according to the cousin of the deceased, Yusuf al-Awadra.

Though Awadra was not at the scene, he spoke to the deceased’s older brother, Ahmad Tarabin, whose home — adjacent to his brother’s — was also raided by around 30 members of law enforcement.

Awadra told The Times of Israel that the fighters entered Ahmad’s home first, put a sack over his head, handcuffed him and took him outside. Officers then knocked on his younger brother’s door and entered the house.

Unable to see, Ahmad heard his younger brother’s wife screaming from inside the house, then the police forces shouting that........

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