Nablus: A Palestinian man was shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army yesterday during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
The man was shot in the head after fighting broke out during an Israeli army incursion into the village of Burqin in the northern West Bank, it said.
The health ministry identified the dead man as Ahmad Abu Obeid, 19.
The army did not comment on the death, but said in a statement it had entered the village, near the city of Nablus, in an attempt to find suspects in the shooting dead of an Israeli rabbi in January.
Meanwhile, the Israeli government is due today to discuss giving retroactive approval to a wildcat settlement in the occupied West Bank, where the rabbi was shot dead last month.
The official agenda for today’s cabinet meeting says ministers will hear a motion to designate the 15-year-old Havat Gilad outpost as a “new community” which will have the necessary building permits and a state budget.
European nations and the UN maintain their strong opposition to settlement building.