Palestinian authorities say a Jordanian citizen has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank with the military accusing the man of aiding a militant.

Tawfiq Aed Fawaz Hussein, 25, was shot at Zeita junction north of the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Monday, the Palestinian foreign ministry said.

“He was injured in the leg and the occupation forces left him bleeding inside the ambulance for more than an hour and a half before he died,” the ministry said in a statement.

Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military said Hussein was suspected of being an accomplice of a Palestinian fighter.

A Palestinian security source, requesting anonymity, said Hussein hailed from the Jordanian city of Russeifa and had come to visit relatives in Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm.