Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — The Israeli army on Monday killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Hebron, said Palestinian sources.
“Iyad al-Najjar, 46, from the town of Yatta south of Hebron, was killed after being shot in the head by Israeli soldiers,” the Ramallah-based Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a brief statement without providing further details.
Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli forces shot al-Najjar near the separation wall on the outskirts of the town.
So far, the Israeli army has not commented on the incident.
With al-Najjar’s death, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire and bombing in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 645, including 147 children, according to data from the Ministry of Health. ■