A Palestinian young man was shot dead Saturday by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
An Israeli army spokesman claimed in a statement that a Palestinian man attempted to run over Israeli soldiers in al-Khalil before he was shot dead. No casualties were reported among the soldiers.
Earlier reports said that the young man was shot by an Israeli settler.
The Palestinian Red Crescent society said that the IOF prevented its crews from reaching the injured man to save his life.
Safa news agency reported quoting activist Mohammed Awad that the IOF shot Rami Sabarneh 35 near a military checkpoint in Jaber neighborhood in al-Khalil while he was riding a bulldozer.
Awad said that Sabarneh works for a construction company and he is a father of two children.
The Israeli forces have repeatedly carried out field executions against Palestinian youths in the West Bank and Jerusalem under the pretext that they were attempting anti-Israel attacks.
