Israeli forces kill a Palestinian militant in the West Bank, the latest death in a wave of violence

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian militant group says Israeli forces have shot and killed one of its members in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli troops killed the 27-year-old in the West Bank town of Zawata, north of the city Nablus. The area has been a flashpoint for violence between Israeli forces and Palestinians. The Israeli military said a gunman opened fire at soldiers operating in the Nablus area and forces shot back. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed offshoot of the secular Fatah party, later claimed the person killed as a member. His death brings the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank this year to 168, according to The Associated Press.