The deaths bring to 80 the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the year, as Israel has stepped up arrest raids in the West Bank.
Palestine's security spokesperson defends police action in occupied West Bank, accusing Hamas supporters of turning funeral procession into a protest against Palestinian Authority.
Israeli far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks that "Huwara needs to be erased" are repugnant and disgusting, says State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
Israeli forces conduct strikes in Gaza after rockets were fired from the area, the military says, a day after an Israeli military raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus killed 11 Palestinians and wounded over 100.
Those shot dead include two men, aged 72 and 61, and a 16-year-old boy, Palestine's officials and medics say, with scores wounded in violent Israeli attack on occupied West Bank city.
Ahmad Abu Junaid, 21, was wounded during an operation by the Israeli army in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, where troops had surrounded a house, witnesses say.
Fifteen Palestinians were taken into custody overnight raids in the cities of Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, Jenin and Nablus, the state news agency Wafa reported.
Zeitoun is the fourth Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the start of the year.
23-year-old Ahmad Atef Daraghmeh was killed, and five other Palestinians injured during an Israeli army raid in Nablus.
Mohammad and Muhannad Yousef Muteir, from Qalandia refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem, were fixing a tyre puncture when a settler rammed his car into them, Wafa news agency reports.
Palestinians push back against Israeli police claims that 22-year-old Ammar Mufleh Adili was shot dead in self-defence, saying there is no justification.
Ahmad Amjad Shehadeh, 16, dies from an Israeli bullet that penetrated his heart in the city of Nablus, Palestine's Health Ministry says.
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