Blinken calls for calm on Jerusalem visit amid days of Israeli-Palestinian violence

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has called for calm after days of violence between Israel and the Palestinians, as he visited Jerusalem for talks with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

A Palestinian man died on Monday after an altercation with Israeli troops, as violence in the region continued to spiral.

Nassim Nayef Salman Abu Fouda, 26, was shot in the head at a checkpoint in the restive city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army said Abu Fouda had driven his car into a soldier, and crashed it after shots were fired and he attempted to drive off.

On Monday afternoon, Blinken travelled to Jerusalem, where he met Netanyahu and Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. He is scheduled to visit Ramallah on Tuesday to hold talks with the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas.