RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 1 ― Israeli border police on Satursday shot and killed a Palestinian who was throwing a firebomb at them during a clash in the occupied West Bank, a police spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said that border police officers driving near the village Al-Eizariya came under attack from a group of Palestinians throwing rocks and firebombs. The officers shot one of the men throwing a firebomb, the spokesperson said.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed one person was killed in the incident.

Violence in the West Bank ― part of what Palestinians want as an independent state - has simmered since US-sponsored negotiations with Israel stalled in 2014. ― Reuters