Israeli forces kill Palestinian driver in occupied West Bank

Israeli occupation troops shot a Palestinian man near Kiryat Arba after an alleged car-ramming incident.

Israeli forces said a Palestinian driver struck a soldier with his vehicle near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the southern occupied West Bank, causing minor injuries.

After the incident, Israeli troops launched a search operation across the Hebron area. They later located the driver inside the same vehicle and opened fire, killing him at the scene, according to the Israeli army.

The shooting comes amid Israel’s intensified use of lethal force across the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians face escalating military raids, settler violence and routine use of deadly power under occupation.