Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron launched a general strike on Sunday to protest the killing of two Palestinians by Israeli forces a day earlier.

Footage posted online showed shops shut in the city and streets deserted. 

The strike comes after Israeli forces killed two Palestinians: 17-year-old Ahmed Khalil al-Rajabi and 55-year-old Ziad Naim Abu Dawood.

The Israeli army said it opened fire on Rajabi after he allegedly drove a car into a group of soldiers. 

It added that Dawoud, an “uninvolved passer-by”, was also shot dead.

Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Abu Dawood, a municipal street cleaner, was killed while carrying out his work.