U.S. citizen Sayafollah Musallet, 20, also known as Saif, was killed in the incident on Friday evening in Sinjil, north of Ramallah.

Senior Palestinian officials accuse Israel of deliberately stalling the negotiations in Qatar during the prime minister's US visit.

Being detained for more than 100 days without charge with the threat of deportation looming over him did not break the spirit of Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, he told CNN, but he can never forgive being prevented from being present at the birth of his son.