Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian man in Tulkarm

A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli forces in Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency.

Moamen Omar Abu Asal, 22, was shot by security forces in the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarm.

He was taken to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, where he died from his wounds and was pronounced dead by the Palestinian health ministry.

Local sources told Wafa that Israeli vehicles stormed the town from a military checkpoint, roamed its main streets and firing randomly in the area, wounding and killing Abu Asal.

Two siblings and a previously freed Palestinian detainee were detained during the raid, after their homes were ransacked.