Palestinian police said that the gunmen shot and killed 32-year-old Omar Hussein Abu Hilwan in the village of Beit Dajan, to the east of Nablus city. Police said it opened an investigation to know those behind the incident. It added that Abu Hilwan died of his wounds at the scene. Police said that his body was transferred to Abu Dis forensic institute for an autopsy to determine the exact causes of death.

The development came nearly two weeks after 30-year-old Mohammad Al-Khawaldi was killed in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, to the north of Ramallah, over the same suspicions.