Israeli police said the dead man was travelling in a car that burst through the al-Zaim checkpoint at high-speed on Monday and tried to run over officers.

The officers issued repeated warnings to the driver, a spokesman said.

Palestinian police said the car had entered the wrong lane and was reversing to go down the correct one when the Israelis opened fire.

Palestinian medical workers said the three men in the car had been travelling to pray at dawn in Jerusalem. One man was injured. The driver reportedly fled the scene