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25-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have shot and killed civilian Muhammad Maher Nafie Marei during a raid on Palestinian homes in the city of Jenin.

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The city of Jenin and a refugee camp there have been subjected to almost daily incursions by the Israeli army.

A Palestinian man has been shot down by Israeli forces in the northern occupied West Bank, officials have said.

Wissam Bakr, director of the Khalil Suleiman government hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin, said a young man died after being shot during an Israeli military raid in the city on Wednesday.

Witnesses said that the clashes erupted after Israeli forces stormed the city of Jenin and carried out a raid on a number of Palestinian homes.

They said that the army used live bullets and tear gas against the Palestinians.

The deceased is identified as 25-year-old Muhammad Maher Nafie Marei, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the killing.

"This heinous crime and others are a new episode in the series of field executions of Palestinians," the ministry said, holding the Israeli government responsible for the "crime."

"Marei is a victim of Israel's continued impunity," it went on to say.

For several months, the city of Jenin and a refugee camp there have been subjected to almost daily incursions by the Israeli army.