A Palestinian youth dies after being wounded by Israeli army fire during a raid in the West Bank

March 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported the death of a 22-year-old Palestinian who was wounded in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Jericho, by shots fired by the Israeli Army during an arrest operation carried out in cape in the area.

Specifically, the young man, identified as Mahmud Jamal Hasan Hamdan, died on Wednesday night after being seriously injured during the shooting this afternoon, which resulted in several Palestinians being injured, according to WAFA reports.

The Israeli Army has previously specified on its Twitter profile that two people have been arrested during an operation to identify suspects allegedly involved in the shooting death of a young American-Israeli man in Jericho.

A third suspect was injured while trying to flee and was also detained. For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that one person had to be treated after suffering minor injuries in a series of clashes in the field.