The ministry based in Ramallah said in a statement that 18-year-old Tariq Ziad Abdul Rahim Daoud was killed "by the occupation forces' bullets near the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya" in the northern West Bank.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the alleged attacker had "fired at an Israeli civilian who was in the city" of Qalqilya, despite Israel forbidding Israelis from visiting built-up Palestinian areas.

The Israeli civilian was wounded along with two other Palestinians, the military said.

"IDF (the Israeli military) conducted a pursuit after the terrorist and neutralized him adjacent to Qalqilya", it added.

Hamas's political wing later issued a statement mourning the death of "Tariq Daoud, commander of Al-Qassam Brigades in Qalqilya Governorate, who was killed in a cowardly assassination" by Israeli forces in Azzun.