Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank

Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Friday evening a Palestinian young man in northern West Bank, according to official medical sources.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a Palestinian young man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers' gunfire at an Israeli army roadblock south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.

Earlier on Friday, medical teams of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that they were informed by the Palestinian Authority liaison office that they should send an ambulance to pick up a Palestinian young man that was shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers' gunfire.

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that the Israeli army forces thwarted a stabbing attempt carried out by a Palestinian who was holding a knife and tried to attack the soldiers stationed at an Israeli army roadblock south of the town of Tulkarem in northern West Bank.

The sources added that the soldiers had immediately opened fire and killed that young man and no one among the soldiers was injured. The identity of the Palestinian young man was still unknown.