Israeli troops have assassinated a member of Hamas resistance movement in the occupied West Bank, medical officials say.

Reports said that Iyad Shalabiya was shot dead while he was asleep.

The Israeli military claimed that the Palestinian was a Hamas military commander, Haaretz reported on Friday.

The incident took place in a village east of Tulkarm, the Israeli army said.

At least 10 Hamas members were also arrested during the midnight operation.

Friday’s death followed an earlier attack by Israeli warplanes, which killed at least one Palestinian and wounded three others in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

The constant Israeli incursions into occupied Palestinian territories come as the Palestinian Authority and Israel ended the latest round of direct talks without progress on Wednesday.

(Press TV)