JERICHO, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian health officials said Tuesday that Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded three others in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho.
“The young man Saeed Nael Saeed Al-Sheikh, 24, was martyred by occupation gunfire in Jericho, and three others were injured to varying degrees,” the Ramallah-based health ministry said.
The man’s death was confirmed to AFP by Riad Eid, director of the Jericho Governmental Hospital.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AFP.
Violence has surged across the West Bank since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023 after an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel.
At least 1,033 Palestinians, including militants, have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers since the war started, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
During the same period, 45 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in Palestinian attacks in the territory, according to official Israeli figures.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.