A Palestinian worker was shot dead by the Israeli forces on Sunday while crossing the security barrier in Palestinian sources said the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the dead man was Nabil Ghanem, 53, from the West Bank city of Nablus.
The official Palestinian news Wafa Agency said that Ghanem was among the dozens of in thousands of West Bank Palestinians who seek regularly work in Israel.
An Israeli army spokesman said troops shot a “suspect”. who They destroyed the security fence.”
wages on Israeli farms and construction sites are far away higher What most Palestinian employers can pay in The West Bank, a territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
Many Palestinians want jobs in Israel. Some have permits to work in Israel while others seek to cross without permission.
Ghanem killing come middle spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence. 45 Palestinians were killed in West Bank, including Al Jazeera journalist who was covering a raid in Embryo.
Nineteen people and 18 of them were killed inside Israel and a Jewish settler in Attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs since late March.
Israeli security forces responded with Raids inside Israel and in The West Bank in particular in Around it is Jenin. Three Arab Israeli attackers and two Israeli police commandos were killed.
Tensions have flared up lately again Since the killing of three Palestinians on Friday by Israeli forces during an army raid in Embryo.
