The Islamic Jihad movement issued a statement calling the man dead, but did not immediately announce that he was a member.
The Israeli border police said that its secret unit opened fire on Palestinians who threw explosive devices at it from close range, after it arrested a wanted activist in the West Bank city of Nablus and confiscated a gun at his home.
The Border Police said in a statement that one of the Palestinians who threw the explosives at the unit was wounded by Israeli fire. Officials at a local hospital said he died of his injuries.
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