An Israeli settler murdered a young Palestinian man near Askaka, Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday.

The young man, Ali Hassan Harb, was murdered by a direct wound to the heart inflicted by a knife, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Harb, 27, was critically injured by a knife attack near Askaka, and he was taken to the hospital in the aftermath, where he was pronounced dead.

The Palestinian was working on his farmland, located between Salfit and Askaka, before Israeli settlers broke into the property and one of them stabbed him.

Several Palestinians tried to help Harb after he was stabbed, but the Israeli occupation forces shot in the air and threatened them against administering any aid to the injured civilian.

تغطية شهاب: "هتافات الشبان أمام مستشفى سلفيت الحكومي عقب الإعلان عن ارتقاء الشاب علي حسن حرب جراء طعنه من قبل مستوطن". pic.twitter.com/ED8A9sc5sK

— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) June 21, 2022

The Israeli occupation had confiscated large stretches of land from Askaka, 4 km east of Salfit, to expand the Ariel settlement built on the land of several neighboring Palestinian villages.