Summary Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian trying to sneak from occupied West Bank into Jewish State.
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian trying to sneak from the occupied West Bank into the Jewish State to get to a job on Saturday night, Palestinian officials told AFP.
A Palestinian security official named the dead man as Odai Darwish, 21, from the village of Dura, and said he was shot crossing Israel s West Bank security barrier south of Hebron, as he tried to reach his work place.
The Israeli military confirmed that a border shooting took place but did not know the extent of the man s injuries.
"A Palestinian attempted to infiltrate Israel through the security fence," an army spokesman told AFP. "Soldiers at the scene fired toward his legs. The incident is under investigation."
A Palestinian medical official said he was contacted by Israeli authorities and asked to arrange for collection of the man s body from Soroka hospital, in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
The hospital could not be reached for comment.
