The ministry slammed the “heinous execution” of Ahmad Kahla, 45, who was shot lifeless within the morning by troops close to the village of Silwad north of Ramallah.  

The Israeli navy mentioned troopers opened fireplace throughout a “violent confrontation” wherein an unnamed individual had “attempted to take hold of one of the soldiers’ weapons”.

The man’s son, Qusai Kahla, advised AFP he was within the automobile along with his father once they have been stopped on the checkpoint.

“Soldiers came and they sprayed pepper spray on my face and pulled me out of the car,” the 18-year-old mentioned on the household residence in Rammun village.

“I don’t know what happened after that,” he mentioned. “I found out from my uncle that my dad was killed.”

Israel’s navy, in the meantime, mentioned the Palestinians had refused to cease and troopers used “riot dispersal means in order to detain one of the suspects in the vehicle”.

Kahla was shot within the neck, the Palestinian well being ministry mentioned.

The military mentioned no troops have been harm.

A navy spokesperson mentioned that they had no info so as to add relating to the weapons used to cease the car, or whether or not the civilian was unarmed when he was killed.

The official Palestinian information company Wafa reported troopers compelled Kahla out of his car earlier than capturing him at “point blank” vary. 

– Shot ‘going to work’ –

Dozens of mourners gathered for Kahla’s funeral on Sunday, an AFP correspondent mentioned, with some calling for revenge.

The widow, Zahiya Kahla, mentioned her husband was not carrying a weapon when he was killed.

“He didn’t have a knife with him,” she advised AFP. “He had food with him and was going to work.”

Kahla’s demise brings to 13 the variety of Palestinians killed within the territory thus far this month, the bulk shot by Israeli forces, in line with an AFP tally.

The Palestinian overseas ministry mentioned the Israeli management had made it “easy for soldiers to kill any Palestinian without them posing any danger to the occupation soldiers”.

Israel’s most right-wing authorities in historical past was sworn in final month, together with ministers identified for his or her anti-Palestinian remarks who’ve taken over key powers within the West Bank.

The rising toll this month follows the deadliest 12 months within the West Bank since United Nations information started in 2005.

A surge in bloodshed final 12 months noticed no less than 26 Israelis and 200 Palestinians killed throughout Israel and the Palestinian territories, in line with an AFP tally.

More than 150 of the fatalities have been within the West Bank.

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