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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank as violence surges

Metal wire encircles a house at the entrance of the Palestinian market in the Old City of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, which was confiscated by settlers on Wednesday [Hazem Bader/ AFP]

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank amid a sharp escalation of violence, following the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call this week to take over most of the territory.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead man as Ahmed Shehadeh, 57, saying he was killed on Friday by “occupation bullets” near the al-Murabba’a checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

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