A Palestinian young man was shot and killed after allegedly carrying out in an anti-occupation attack near Beit El settlement north of Ramallah late on Friday.

A Jewish settler was injured in the shooting attack Israeli media sources reported.

According to the sources two armed men fired at the settler sitting in his yard near the entrance of the Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah.

Israeli occupation forces were deployed in the area and fired back at the suspects injuring one as another man escaped and was being pursued the sources added.

For its part the Israeli occupation army claimed that one of the suspects was “neutralized.”

WAFA news agency reported that a young man was seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire near the Jalazun refugee camp north of Ramallah.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health later confirmed that the young man Qais Imad Shejaia 23 was shot dead by Israeli gunfire near Jalazun refugee camp.

Israeli forces confiscated the martyr’s body before storming his hometown Deir Jarir village east of Ramallah.

The incident came amid increased Israeli attacks in the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem and hours after Israeli forces violently raided the Jenin Refugee camp. Two Palestinians were killed during the raid including a doctor.

Israeli occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian youth after he fired at the soldiers and wounded three of them to the north of Ramallah on Monday evening.

Hebrew media reported that one of the wounded was in serious condition adding that the shooting took place near Beit El settlement.

Identity of the youth was not known yet. His death brings to 263 the number of Palestinians killed at the hands of IOF soldiers since the outbreak of the Jerusalem Intifada in October last year for allegedly taking part in attacks on Israelis.