Hamas has said that one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank has been killed in a clash with Israeli forces.

In a statement released late on Monday, Hamas said Mohammed Jaber Abdo was killed along with three other fighters in a village near Ramallah, where the Western-backed Palestinian Authority is headquartered.

A joint statement by the Israeli army and police said earlier on Monday that undercover forces had tracked down a suspect wanted in an attack on a nearby Jewish settlement.

Violence has surged in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza, which was ignited by Hamas’ October 7 attack in southern Israel.

Over 530 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since then, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Most were killed during violent protests or Israeli arrest raids, which often trigger gunbattles.

Earlier on Monday, the UN Security Council overwhelmingly approved a US resolution that welcomes a proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 36,730 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count.

Palestinians are facing widespread hunger because the war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine and other supplies.

UN agencies say over one million in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by mid-July.

Israel launched the war after Hamas’ October 7 attack, in which militants stormed into southern Israel, killed some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducted about 250.