NABLUS (Dispatches) – A Palestinian officer in the security forces in the occupied West Bank was killed by Zionist troops on Wednesday, a military spokesman said.
A Palestinian security official named the victim as 29-year-old Bilal Rawajba, a Preventive Security Service officer and resident of a village outside Nablus. Rawajba had been expected to drive from home to his workplace on Wednesday, the official said.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Zionist troops alleged the man have carried out a shooting attack in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Zionist regime’s military alleged that the Palestinian was armed with a pistol, arrived from the direction of Nablus, situated north of Al-Quds, and shot at troops who were at a military post near the southern exit of the city.
They said the young Palestinian was killed when Zionist troops fired shots at his white Hyundai vehicle near the Hawara checkpoint.
Zionist troops closed the checkpoint in both directions immediately afterwards, preventing Palestinian medics from approaching the scene.
Rawajbeh was a legal advisor with the rank of captain in the Palestinian Preventative Security Forces, one of the Palestinian Authority’s most powerful intelligence organizations, according to the official Palestinian WAFA news agency.
Many Palestinians have sustained injuries or lost their lives in similar incidents due to allegations that they attempted stabbing or car-ramming attacks.
The Zionist regime has been criticized for its extensive use of lethal force and extrajudicial killings against Palestinians that do not pose an immediate threat.