Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in W Bank
A Palestinian worker was shot dead by Israeli forces yesterday while crossing a security barrier in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the man killed as Nabil Ghanem, 53, from the West Bank city of Nablus.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Ghanem was among the tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians who regularly seek work in Israel. An Israeli army spokesperson said forces had shot at "a suspect who vandalised the security fence".
Ghanem's killing comes amid a spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence.
19 people, mostly Israeli civilians -- including 18 inside Israel and a Jewish settler -- have been killed in attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs since late March.
Israeli security forces have responded with raids inside Israel and in the West Bank. Forty-five Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank.
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