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Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli military after alleged attack

Israeli and Palestinian officials disagree on the circumstances behind the death of a 29-year-old Palestinian in a West Bank village Thursday.
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A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli security forces Thursday after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at them.

On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said in a statement that a man was shot in the neck and died near the West Bank village of Kifl Haris in Salfit governorate. He died from “bullets of the occupation,” the ministry said.

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