The policeman's brother Nayef made it clear he didn't believe in the suicide theory.

"He had no reason to take his own life. It may have been an accident or he was unwittingly killed by another Israeli guard," the Ynet news website quoted him as saying.

His father Assad said his son was in good spirits when he left home to join his unit on Tuesday.

"He had a family, a house, friends and plans for the future, he had no reason to commit suicide," he said.


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