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Israelis kill Palestinian, detain two others in West Bank

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 7:02 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 17 November 2015 7:24 PM ]

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian during clashes in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, November 12, 2015. ©Reuters

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian citizen and arrested two others during fresh clashes in the occupied West Bank.

The three Palestinians had reportedly fired shots at an Israeli military patrol on Tuesday near the town of Turmus Ayya, located in the the West Bank’s Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.

The Israeli army said in a statement that one Palestinian was killed, adding, “Two suspects have been detained at the scene."

Palestinian security officials also confirmed the man's death, noting that he had been in a car.

The two Palestinians, who were taken into custody by Israeli troops, were wounded in Tuesday’s confrontation.

Meanwhile, a reporter from Palestine's Ma'an news agency said Israeli soldiers prevented a Red Crescent ambulance from reaching the scene of the incident while the main road between the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus was closed by Israeli army.

On Monday, two other Palestinians were killed and three were wounded in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank.

Nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed in the recent wave of violence since the start of October.

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Mahmud Shalaldeh, 18, who was shot by Israeli troops during clashes the previous day in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron), during his funeral on November 13, 2015 in Sair village. (AFP Photo)

Tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories have dramatically escalated since the Israeli regime’s imposition of restrictions in August on the entry of Palestinian worshipers to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Palestinians say the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of al-Aqsa.

Palestinians are also angry at Israeli extremists, who escorted by army forces, have stepped up their raids on the sensitive site, which is Islam’s third holiest site after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina.

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