RAMMALLAH - WEST BANK

Israeli forces have banned lawyers from visiting a man suspected of fatally stabbing a settler in Nablus,

Salam al-Zaghal, from Tulkarem, yesterday fatally stabbed a settler while he waited at a hitch-hiking spot in the occupied West Bank.

Al-Zaghal was subsequently shot by Israeli border guards and transferred to hospital.

Israeli authorities informed the PPS that al-Zaghal is under anesthetic and is banned from receiving visits.