A Palestinian was shot dead after shooting and injuring three Israeli occupation soldiers at an Israeli military checkpoint around the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah

A Palestinian was shot dead after shooting and injuring three Israeli occupation soldiers at an Israeli military checkpoint around the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.

Witnesses said a Palestinian vehicle approached the Israeli checkpoint and stopped for inspection. When a Zionist soldier approached the driver's window, the driver opened fire, immediately shooting the soldier.

The driver then shot another two Israeli soldiers, one of which witnesses believed was hit in his flak jacket, according to Maan news agency.

Zionist forces then opened fire, shooting the Palestinian driver who was martyred immediately.

Of the three injured, two are in severe condition, while one was mildly injured, a spokesperson with Israeli emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, said.

The heroic Palestinian driver was later identified as Amjad Jaser Sukkar, 34 and a Palestinian Authority staff sergeant from Nablus. Hours after the shooting, his body was returned to PA forces and is expected to be buried later that day.