West Bank mourns victims of Israeli raid

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A community in mourning here at the Qalandiya refugee camp.

Tensions are high in the West Bank camp after Israeli forces killed three Palestinian men on Monday.

Israeli border police said they entered the camp to arrest a man and were confronted by a crowd throwing firebombs and rocks.

Witnesses said the Israeli forces opened fire.

One of the men killed, Younis Jahjouh, was among hundreds of former prisoners released as part of a deal between Israelis and Palestinians in 2011.

The 22-year-old was pursuing a degree in journalism and, his family says, hoped to live his life away from politics.

Jahjouh's father now holds little hope for the peace process.

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) KAMAL JAHJOUH, FATHER OF 22-YEAR-OLD YOUNIS WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING RAID ON CAMP, SAYING:

"I don't believe peace will happen," he says. "It does not just have to do with the raid -- it's also the increase of settlements and settlers from 250,000 to 650,000, the c

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