Israeli occupation force on Sunday shot and killed a Palestinian near the village of Silwad, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The identity of the 45–year–old man remains unknown after he was shot by Israeli occupation forces soldiers at the western entrance of the town. He was taken to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, but his serious injuries proved to be fatal.

The occupation forces also inflicted further harm by shooting his son with live bullets before detaining him.

Witnesses reported that Israeli occupation forces had a verbal altercation with the man, followed by them forcing him out of his car and shooting him at close range.