Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority said, one of whom the military said had started a fire at an Israeli outpost, AFP reports.
Four Palestinians were killed on Monday by Israeli “occupation fire” in the town of Kfar Naima, north-west of Ramallah, the territory’s health ministry said.
A general strike was called in Ramallah by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in response to the killings, along with a pre-planned rally for Palestinians jailed by Israel.
The Israeli military said it shot at a group of four people who attempted to flee in a vehicle and tried to “run over forces” when Israeli police went to Kfar Naima to arrest a suspect. One Israeli officer was lightly hurt, an army statement said.
One of those killed was accused of setting fire to a caravan in a nearby settler outpost, Sde Ephraim Farm.