American Citizen Fatally Shot in Violence in West Bank: US State Department

Israeli Border police officers walk outside the house of Palestinian gunman Khaire Alkam in A-Tur in East Jerusalem, after Alkam shot and killed seven people near a synagogue in Neve Yaacov, on Jan. 28, 2023. Ammar Awad/Reuters

An American citizen was shot and killed in the West Bank on Monday during the continued unrest between Israelis and Palestinians in the area, the U.S. State Department confirmed.

The Israeli-American man was killed when gunmen opened fire near the West Bank city of Jericho, according to Reuters, which reported that the killing was one of several shootings conducted by Palestinians along a highway near Jericho.