Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager and gravely wounded a 12-year-old in West Bank violence this evening.
Fifteen-year-old Mohammed Zeid was standing outside his house watching other youths hurl rocks at an Israeli army patrol in the village of Nazlat Zeid when the troops opened fire, witnesses said.
They said Zeid was hit in the thigh by a stray bullet. He died in a hospital in the nearby West Bank town of Jenin.
The Israeli military said troops seeking to impose a curfew on the village were attacked by rioters and fired in the air to disperse them.
It confirmed that a youth was killed.
In the city of Nablus, hospital officials said 12-year-old Ibrahim Madani was in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
Witnesses said troops shot him near the Askar refugee camp, where he was walking in breach of an Israeli military curfew.
The army said it was unaware of that incident, but it said an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded by Palestinian gunfire in Nablus.
AP