An-Najah News - The Israeli occupation forces announced  today that a soldier was killed during an operation in the northern West Bank town of Yabad ,south of Jenin, apparently after he was hit by a stone during clashes erupted last night after the IOF stormed the town.

Eye witnesses said soldiers returned to the town this morning, raided house in the neighborhood  where the soldier was hit by the stone and questioned and detained many residents , some members of the same family.

The occupation army said a 21-year-old Staff Sergeant who served in the Golani Brigade was killed this early morning when he was hit in the head by a rock during an army operation in Yabad.

It said in a later statement that the army returned to the town and arrested people from the house where the rock was thrown that killed the officer.

Residents clashed with the soldiers who fired teargas canisters and rubber bullets causing several suffocation casesaccording to local sources.