LONDON: Israeli forces shot and killed a 24-year-old Palestinian on Tuesday evening during a raid in the city of Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry of Health said Saeed Al-Sheikh was killed by Israeli gunfire, and three other Palestinians sustained injuries of varying severity.

Earlier in the day, also in Jericho, three Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces opened fire with live ammunition during an incursion into the city. Two others were beaten during the operation and a woman was hit by an Israeli military vehicle, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.