JERUSALEM, 5 February, 2021 (TON): An unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed in a West Bank settlement after he tried to break into a home and fought with a guard, said the Israeli military on Friday.

The incident was referred to as a terror attack by the military. The spokesperson was unable to explain to jump to the conclusion, given that no weapons were found on the suspect or in his car.

The military said the suspect fought with a guard, who was also unarmed, before being shot and killed by another guard and a third individual.

It said the incident took place in “Sde Efraim farm,” which does not appear on maps and is likely one of several small outposts set up by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Radi Abu Fkheideh, the head of the local council in the nearby Palestinian village of Ras Karkar, identified the deceased as Khaled Nofal, 34, the married father of a four-year-old boy.

The army stormed Nofal’s home in the village early Friday and arrested his father, he said.

He had no information about the circumstances of Nofal’s death.

There have been a series of stabbings, shootings and car-ramming attacks against Israelis.

Nearly 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, mainly in large, developed settlements. Hard-line settlers have established a number of smaller outposts without official authorization.

On the other hand, the Palestinians view all the settlements as illegal and a hurdle to peace that is supported internationally.