The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a Palestinian youth was killed by the Israeli occupation forces near the village of Nabi Saleh (north of Ramallah) in the occupied West Bank.

The occupation forces opened fire on the Palestinian youth, claiming that he was trying to carry out a run-over operation against the Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint near the village.

The occupation army strengthened its forces at the scene of the incident, as it cordoned off the place and carried out search, search and checking activities on the Palestinians' identities, and after that confrontations erupted between Palestinian youths and the occupation forces in the village of Nabi Saleh; Dozens of them suffocated.

The Israeli army said - in a statement - that it had fired at a Palestinian vehicle driver "after trying to carry out a run-off against a group of soldiers," and denied any injuries to its ranks.

"The martyr is called Fadi Adnan Qaad (37 years), and he is from Abu Qash village (north of Ramallah)," Anadolu Agency quoted local sources as saying. The sources said that Israeli intelligence summoned the brother of the martyr for interrogation.