Palestinians say Israeli army killed man in West Bank village

The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Wednesday that it received the body of a man who, according to his cousin, was killed overnight by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank village of Jit.

"Our teams received the body of a martyr from the Israeli forces at the entrance to the village of Jit near Qalqilya and are currently transferring it to the hospital," the medical organisation said in a statement.

It added that it had received "no information" on the circumstances of the man's death from Israeli forces, who frequently hold on to the bodies of Palestinians killed during army raids.

The victim's cousin, Ahmed al-Siddeh, identified him as 22-year-old Jassem al-Siddeh, and told AFP that the army came at dawn and shot him in his home.

Ahmed al-Siddeh said that Jassem "was not wanted and had no involvement in any activity".