Israeli occupation forces shot dead at least six Palestinians and injured nearly 21 after raiding areas in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry stated.

In a pre-dawn raid, dozens of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the occupied West Bank city of Nablus and were spotted by Palestinian freedom fighters before the former opened fire on them killing at least five.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the martyrs as Hamdi Sobeih Ramzy, 30, Ali Khaled Antar, 26, Hamdi Mohamed Sharaf, 35, Wadi Sobeih Houh, 31, and Mishal Baghdadi, 27.

The Ministry later reported that Israeli occupation forces killed another Palestinian youth, Qusay Al-Tamimi, in the village of Nabi Saleh near the city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the Israeli occupation forces prevented its medical staff from evacuating the injured.