Ramallah , West Bank ( CNN ) -- Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during clashes Tuesday in a West Bank refugee camp , the latest example of violence and tensions between the two sides . According to his family , 21-year-old Mohammed Jawabreh was standing on his home 's roof watching clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinians below in the Al-Aroub refugee camp when an Israeli soldier shot him dead . An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said that `` a Palestinian man aimed an improvised weapon '' at troops during a violent riot by about 200 Palestinians . `` The forces immediately responded , opened fire on him , and a hit was confirmed , '' the military spokeswoman said . Israeli authorities later determined the improvised device was a homemade gun , she added . The clashes between the Palestinians and Israeli troops began at the camp 's entrance on Saturday morning , according to sources inside the camp . It was not immediately clear what precipitated the latest violence . Still , tensions between Israeli authorities and Palestinians have been simmering for weeks , including violent incidents in Jerusalem as well as the Palestinian areas of Gaza and the West Bank . Iran leader 's call to 'annihilate ' Israel sparks fury as nuclear deadline looms . On Monday , for instance , a 20-year-old Israeli soldier was fatally stabbed in Tel Aviv . Eyewitnesses later led authorities to the suspect , an 18-year-old Palestinian man , hiding on the fourth floor of an apartment building , police spokeswoman Luba Samri said . And three Israelis were stabbed -- one fatally -- Monday at a hitchhiking post at the Alon Shvut junction in the West Bank , the same place where three Israeli teens were kidnapped and later found dead earlier this year . Those kidnappings spurred an Israeli military campaign targeting Hamas . On Saturday , Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian man who attacked police officers with a knife in a village in northern Israel , police said . Speaking after Monday 's latest violence , Israeli President Reuven Rivlin urged his countrymen to unite and ensured them that `` security forces ... will not rest until they return normality to our daily lives . '' As Rivlin said , `` These are difficult days . '' 2 killed , 2 wounded in stabbing attacks on Israelis . CNN 's Kareem Khadder reported from Ramallah , and CNN 's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta . CNN 's Michael Schwartz contributed to this report .
A 21-year-old Palestinians man is shot on a rooftop in a the West Bank refugee camp . He was aiming a homemade gun at troops , an Palestinians military spokeswoman says . The man 's family says he was watching clashes between Israeli , Israeli troops . This is the latest violent incident in earlier this year in the region .