Al-Qassam Website - Israeli occupation forces have shot dead a Palestinian citizen of the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilia on Saturday evening, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.

20-year-old Palestinian civilian Aaed Salim was pronounced dead hours after the occupation forces shot him with live rounds in the chest and abdomen in confrontations in Azzun town in occupied Qalqilia, the ministry added.

Salim's martyrdom brings to 98 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation troops and colonial settlers so far this year, including 17 children, four senior civilians and a detainee.