Israeli occupation forces shot dead a young Palestinian man and injured two others as they were launching an arrest campaign in a West Bank village.

Israeli occupation forces shot dead a young Palestinian man and injured two others as they were launching an arrest campaign in a West Bank village.

Martyr Zakaria Abu Eram. Photo: AFP

"The body of a youth in his twenties arrived at the hospital”, said a source at the Abu Hassan al-Qassim hospital in Yatta, south of Hebron.

“He died from a gunshot wound directly to the head”, the source added, identifying the young man Zakariya Abu Eram.
Palestinian security sources said the incident occurred after Israeli troops moved into the village to arrest several “suspects”.

Palestinians in the village of Yatta said Abu Eram was shot dead by the soldier after troops came to arrest his uncle, who was released last year as part of a prisoner swap that saw Israel free 1,027 Palestinians in exchange for the release of an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the incident, near the city of Hebron.
"During routine activity in Yatta, a Palestinian man stabbed and injured an IDF soldier who responded by firing at the assailant, injuring him and killing a second Palestinian who accompanied the assailant," he said.