A PALESTINIAN man was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Sunday at a concrete barrier separating the occupied West Bank from Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

The ministry identified him as Imad Haroun Ishtayeh from the village of Salem, east of Nablus. It said that Israeli forces shot him in al-Ram town, and he was pronounced dead at the Palestinian Medical Complex in Ramallah.

Footage circulating online showed people carrying his body and climbing down a ladder that had been placed against the wire-topped barrier, while traffic continued to roll by and a horn blared.

Israeli police said the man tried to enter Israel unlawfully by crossing the barrier.

Mr Ishtayeh was attempting to cross from the West Bank to Israel. Many people have been shot trying to cross the barrier, including a father who was killed earlier this month.

Mr Ishtayeh previously ran a poultry slaughterhouse in his home village of Salem, financially supporting his ill father. But business deteriorated as an economic crisis hit the West Bank and he decided to cross into Israel in search of a job, a relative, Nasser Ishtayeh, told reporters.

An increasing number of Palestinians from the West Bank have tried to enter Israel illegally to work in recent years. Tens of thousands of Palestinians had held Israeli work permits, but access was sharply restricted after the attack by Hamas-led fighters on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Since then, unemployment in the West Bank has surged amid an economic slowdown. And about 50 workers have been killed by Israeli fire, with more than 38,000 arrested though many were later released, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported on Sunday, citing the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions.

Two Palestinians were killed and at least 10 injured when a group of people was struck near the port in Gaza City, according to Shifa hospital, which received the casualties. There was no immediate comment from Israel’s military.

A fragile ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

And in the West Bank, emergency responders said a teenage Israeli girl was in serious condition and another teenager also was hurt in what police described as a ramming attack near a bus stop at Gush Etzion Junction.

Israel’s military said that a soldier “eliminated the terrorist on site.” It also said a third Israeli civilian was hurt.