In the occupied West Bank...
An unarmed Palestinian man have been shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, "attack" on soldiers is what the Israeli army described it.
On Friday evening, Abdullah Sami Qalalweh, 26, was killed by "Israeli occupation bullets near the town of Huwara, south of Nablus", the Palestinian ministry stated.
Victim died just minutes after being critically wounded by Israeli forces, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted Ahmad Jibril, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Israeli forces have been killing Palestinians so far, this year to 36, along with eight children and an elderly woman, WAFA reported. Over the same period in thr occupied Palestinian territories six Israeli civilians, including a child, and one Ukrainian civilian have been killed.
According to the Israeli army its forces had "shot live fire into the air" after a suspect "walked towards a military outpost adjacent" in an army based Huwara area. It has been said that Qalalweh tried to attack one of the soldiers and with that another soldier who was at the spot fired toward the suspect and hit him.
Qalalweh was unarmed confirmed by the army.
United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk earlier on Friday called on Israel, "to confirm that all operations of the security forces including Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, are held with full respect for international human rights law".
He stressed adherence to “the rules regulating the use of force in law enforcement operations”, according to a statement from his office.
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