Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, witnesses and medics said.

Alla Hantooli, 19, was shot in the chest as he was entering the Dotan military base, which the Israeli soldiers are dismantling.

Israeli army said the soldiers opened fire after their warning shots went unheeded.

Hantooli was declared dead in the city hospital, the medics said. Witnesses said Hantooli was to scavenge scrap metal in the base.

The Dotan military base was in an area where the Israeli army withdrew four settlements under the disengagement plan.

Israel has completed the evacuation of some 8,500 settlers in all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip this month, ending its 38 years of military occupation there.

Source: Xinhua