29 Mar 2024
Thursday 31 December 2015 - 18:29
Story Code : 194833

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops

Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian in northern occupied West Bank after he allegedly ramshis car into a military checkpoint.

The incident took place near Huwara south of Nablus on Thursday, leaving a soldier injured, a military statement said.

"The assailant was shot by forces on site, resulting in his death," the statement said.

On Wednesday, Israeli forceskilledanother Palestinianin al-Khalil (Hebron) in southern WestBank after heallegedlytried to stab them.

Israeli forces have killed more than 140 Palestiniansunder ambivalent circumstances since early October.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has voiced concernover extrajudicial killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces.

The body says the circumstances surrounding a number of Palestinian deathsremain disputed.

Cases of excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians, including some which appear to amount to summary executions, continue to be reported," twoUN officials said last month.

By Press TV
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