Al-Qassam Website - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot dead a Palestinian civilian in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil after he allegedly tried to carry out a stabbing operation against the occupying soldiers stationed in the area.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the IOF had summarily executed Palestinian citizen Sharif Rabbaa, 21, near the al-Fawwar refugee camp in al-Khalil.

The slain Palestinian was seriously injured before he was transferred to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The latest shooting brings to 43 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation troops so far this year, including nine children and an elderly woman.