JERUSALEM: A Palestinian man was killed Thursday morning by Israeli troops in the West Bank, a Palestinian hospital official said.

Falah Abu Maria, 53, was killed by three live bullets shot at his chest at close range, said Yousef Takrouri, deputy director of Al-Ahli Hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron.

He said Abu Maria’s 22-year-old son was shot in the legs, and another one of his sons was brought to the hospital with light injuries to his face.

The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency Wafa said Abu Maria was killed “in cold blood” while trying to protect his two sons.

The Israeli military said its troops were carrying out an arrest raid in the village of Beit Omar when they were confronted by “a violent mob.”

It said soldiers fired at the attacker’s legs. Later, Zionist forces targeted what they called the “main instigator.”

Later, hundreds of Palestinians flowed through the streets in a funeral procession. Palestinians hurled rocks and firebombs at Israeli troops, who responded with “riot dispersal means,” the army said.