RAMALLAH, Palestine

The Israeli army's gunfire killed late Sunday another Palestinian in the southern occupied West Bank.

The man was killed near the village of Beit Fajar, west of Bethlehem city in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement.

Palestinian health officials identified him as 35-year-old Rami Rashid Al-Batha.

Tensions have been running high across the West Bank since Israel launched a deadly military offensive against the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Ankara