RAMALLAH: A Palestinian young man was Monday afternoon killed by Israeli occupation forces during confrontations that broke out in the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah.

Security sources told WAFA that Obaida Hassan Abdel Rahman Hamed, 18, was killed as a result of being shot in the chest with live bullets.

The same sources added that the slain Palestinian’s body was transferred to the Ramallah Medical Complex.

With the killing of Hamed, the number of slain Palestinians in the West Bank since today’s morning has risen to five, and since the start of the aggression on October 7th to 378.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency