Update| Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian youth near Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
Occupied West Bank (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces shot dead a Palestinian youth near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel, north of the occupied West Bank, on Friday morning.
The occupation forces shot dead the Palestinian Ameer Rayan, from the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan in Salfit , for allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack against Israeli occupation soldiers in the Giti Evyatar Junction near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel.
The youth's condition was described as critical as he was shot by the forces in the abdomen.
Shortly later, he succumbed to his injuries.
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