Palestinian shot dead by IOF after alleged car-ramming at W. Bank checkpoint

NABLUS  (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian young man on Thursday morning after opening fire at his car near the Huwara checkpoint in southern Nablus, claiming he attempted to carry out a ramming attack.

The martyred young man is 28-year-old Issa Jabali from Beita town in southern Nablus. The IOF reportedly detained his body.

According to the Hebrew media, the Israeli army claimed that its forces opened fire at the young man as he was attempting to hit soldiers at the checkpoint with his car.

The IOF had kidnaped the young man’s brothers, Mohamed and Mousa, from their homes in Beita town yesterday, according to a family source.