UPDATE - Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Jenin

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By Qais Abu Samra

JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A young Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

A ministry statement said five other Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces raided the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces raided the camp and laid a siege around the house of Raad Hazem, the man suspected of carrying out a shooting attack in Tel Aviv on Thursday, in which three Israelis were killed.

Israeli soldiers demanded Hazem’s family vacate the house before demolishing the building, according to witnesses.

The Israeli army, for its part, said that Palestinian gunmen allegedly opened fire at soldiers operating in Jenin and other nearby villages.

Islamic Jihad movement confirmed that the Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces was a member of its armed wing, Saraya al-Quds Brigades.

In a statement, the Palestinian group said Ahmed al-Saadi, 23, was killed “while doing his duty in fighting the enemy.”

Israeli authorities usually demolish the house of suspected Palestinian attackers as a punishment.

*Writing by Ibrahim Mukhtar in Ankara