The Zionist soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who allegedly had been hurling rocks at cars on a highway in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

The Zionist soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who allegedly had been hurling rocks at cars on a highway in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a military spokeswoman said.

She said troops shouted at a group of Palestinians throwing stones on a main road near Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements.

"Once they didn't comply they (the soldiers) responded to the threat with direct fire, wounding one of the attackers," the spokeswoman said, adding that the army had opened an investigation into the incident.

The Palestinian was treated at the scene but died of his wounds, the spokeswoman said. He was not immediately identified. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces sealed off the area and barred ambulances from reaching it.

Another Palestinian youth was shot and injured by Zionist forces near the Zaatara checkpoint, Palestinian medics said.