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BREAKING: Palestinian killed in West Bank

Official Palestinian Authority (PA) news agency Wafa has reported that a Palestinian has been shot and killed by Israeli forces near the village of Yabad, in the northern occupied West Bank governorate of Jenin.

The PA Ministry of Health confirmed the death without providing more information.

Middle East Eye correspondents on the ground report the man was 26-year-old Youssef Nawasarah.

This is the second Palestinian to have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank today, after Mohammed Ruhi Hammad, killed in the town of Silwad east of Ramallah after allegedly attempting to carry out a car ramming attack, according to the Israeli army.