A Palestinian man was killed on Tuesday by Israeli army fire near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Nihad al-Barghouti, 26, was killed by Israeli fire during clashes that erupted in the village of Al-Nabi Saleh northwest of Ramallah, the ministry said in a statement sent to The New Arab. Barghouti, who was recently freed from Israeli prison, was shot in the abdomen with live bullets and was subsequently taken to the hospital for treatment before succumbing to his wounds. Israeli officials confirmed the fatality but would not say what led to it. Local wit…