Ramallah: A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus early Monday, the official Palestinian news agency reported.
Citing medics, Wafa news agency identified the man killed as 31-year-old Jameel Kayal, saying he had been shot in the head.
Israeli media reported that paramilitary border police, assisted by army troops, entered Nablus to arrest a wanted Palestinian, and clashes broke out when a group of Palestinians hurled explosives at the forces. There were no casualties among Israeli soldiers who arrested the wanted man.
The Israeli military sent a request for comment to the Border Police, which did not immediately respond.
Online videos showed Kayal lying on the ground, bleeding profusely, as the army moved from the neighbourhood.
The Israeli military frequently conducts arrest raids in the West Bank, even in areas that are under the control of the Palestinian Authority, an internationally recognized entity with limited autonomy in parts of the region. Almost daily raids are on the hunt for Palestinian terrorists, and are often followed with clashes that are sometimes fatal.
Palestinians want the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Israel annexed in 1967 and annexed as part of a future state. Peace talks between the two sides were stalled more than a decade ago.
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