An Israeli occupation soldier shot a Palestinian man near Al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank

An Israeli occupation soldier shot a Palestinian man near Al-Khalil on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, witnesses in Beit Ummar village near Khalil said.

Ameer Sabarneh, 19, was shot with a silenced pistol, witnesses said. They added that the young man was taken away in a military car which fled the scene shortly after the incident.

Clashes erupted in Beit Ummar early Wednesday after a general strike in solidarity with Palestinian detainees was announced. Israeli forces fired tear gas grenades toward the Palestinians, onlookers said according to Ma’an news agency.