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Israeli military kills another Palestinian in occupied West Bank

Mujahed Daoud was critically injured after Israeli troops opened fire on unarmed protestors in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.

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The incident follows months of tensions that have deepened since Israeli forces began a crackdown in the occupied West Bank in March.

A Palestinian who was shot and critically injured by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank has died of his wounds.

Several Palestinians were injured and two were in critical condition on Saturday after Israeli troops stormed the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, southwest of Nablus.

As usual, the Palestinian civilians pelted stones on heavily armed Israeli soldiers who carry out raids under the cover of armored personnel carriers.

The two severely injured Palestinians were taken to a hospital in the nearby town of Salfit where 30-year-old Mujahed Daoud died of a bullet-inflicted chest wound, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday.

The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said the killings happened when Israeli forces entered the town and tried to seize agricultural machinery from farmers working off their land.

The Israeli military said Palestinians had started "a violent riot" near the town and soldiers who had been operating there used live fire "to stop the suspects".

Deadliest year since 2015

Palestinians have been anxious since March when Israeli forces began a crackdown in the occupied West Bank.

Israel continues to label Palestinians who are killed as militants. But most of those who are shot dead are civilians or young men throwing rocks at the soldiers.

At least 133 Palestinians – 93 of them civilians and 27 children among them – have been killed in Israeli military attacks in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem this year, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.

This makes 2022 the bloodiest year for Palestinians since 2015.