Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in raid on occupied West Bank town

Israeli soldiers have killed at least one person during a raid in the occupied West Bank town of Aqqaba, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

The body of the Palestinian man, identified as 25-year-old Adham Zayed Ezzat Masri, was still being held by Israeli forces, the ministry said on Saturday after the dawn assault.

Aqqaba is located in the north of the governorate of Tubas, which lies in the northwest Palestinian territory.

The man was killed after his family home in Aqqaba was surrounded by soldiers, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa, which also reported that a 50-year-old Palestinian was injured in the chest after being hit by live bullets and was transferred to hospital in critical condition.

Another 49-year-old person suffered bruises, the agency said.

The director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, said Israeli forces arrested two other men during the raid, according to Wafa.

The Israeli military sent a number of vehicles, accompanied by a bulldozer, from checkpoints located in the east of Aqqaba, to surround several homes and carry out arrests, sources told media.

They said armed confrontations broke out inside the town.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.