Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank after military officials alleged he carried out a car ramming, AFP reports.

The army said soldiers “neutralised” the driver who rammed the car into people near a military post south of the city of Hebron.

The Magen David Adom paramedic service said that it treated one person in moderate condition and three others who were lightly wounded.

The Palestinian health ministry named the alleged assailant shot by Israeli forces as Amro Abu Hussein.