An Israeli settler shot dead a ‌27-year-old Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

The man ​was killed in the village area ​of Masafer Yatta, near the Palestinian ⁠city of Hebron, according to the Health ​Ministry and the official Palestinian news agency ​WAFA.

The Israeli military said the shooter was a reserve soldier who arrived at the scene after ​receiving a report of confrontations between ​settlers and Palestinians. The incident was being investigated, the ‌military ⁠said.

Masafer Yatta is among the sites where Palestinians have been increasingly displaced by settler violence that has risen sharply over the past ​two years, according ​to ⁠the United Nations.

Earlier, two Palestinian brothers were shot dead by an Israeli ​on Monday near the city ​of ⁠Nablus in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz said ⁠the ​military police were investigating ​a reserve soldier for Monday’s shooting.