Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank arrest raid-witness

Israeli security forces on an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday when clashes ensued with residents, Palestinian sources said.

A Palestinian witness told Reuters Israeli forces entered the village to carry out arrests in the village of Bruqin and that residents threw stones at the Israeli troops.​The witness did not want to give his name for fear of arrest. A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said soldiers and paramilitary border police carried out a joint operation, but had no further details on the circumstances of the shooting and said the military was looking into the incident.

A Palestinian hospital official said Mohammed Alawneh, 19,was shot in his chest and taken to hospital where he died of his wounds. The witness said Alawneh picked up a stone to throw at a policeman and was then shot.

Israeli troops enter Palestinian-controlled territory frequently to detain people suspected by Israel of militant activity. The Palestinians condemn this practice as an encroachment on the limited self-rule they hold in parts of the West Bank. The Palestinians want to establish a state in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. U.S.-brokered peace talks between the sides broke down last year.