The Zionist occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian during an arbitrary raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a hospital official said, the second killing within 24 hours.

The Zionist occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian during an arbitrary raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a hospital official said, the second killing within 24 hours.

Falah Abu Maria, 50, was shot in the chest in his home in the village of Beit Omar near the southern city of Hebron, neighbors said.

He had run downstairs to see what was happening when troops stormed it to arrest his son Mohammad, they added.

The hospital said that the 24-year-old son was being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.

A Zionist army spokeswoman said that during the raid to detain Mohammad, "forces were attacked by a violent mob."

She claimed that one man attacked a soldier who in response shot him in a lower limb, and added that the wounded man was taken to hospital.

"As the forces left the scene they were attacked once again by a violent mob who hurled rocks and bricks at them. The forces responded with fire towards the main instigator," she added in a cold blood.

She said she could not confirm his identity but acknowledged that the wanted suspect was not taken into custody, stating that an occupation soldier was "slightly injured" by the stone-throwing.

The incident was similar to one on Wednesday near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, where troops shot dead Mohammad Alawneh, 22, in clashes that followed raids and searches at several houses in the village of Birqin.