A Palestinian teenager was on Friday, killed by Israeli army gunfire during clashes in the occupied West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, Mohammad Said Hamayel – aged 15, died in clashes with Israeli forces near Beita, south of the city of Nablus,
The health ministry also noted that six others were wounded by live gunfire.
Speaking to AFP media, an army spokeswoman stated that hundreds of Palestinians had rioted, setting ablaze tyres, and hurling stones and fireworks at soldiers and the troops responded with riot dispersal means.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the clash came during a protest against Israeli settlement construction.
The teenager’s death comes a day after three Palestinians were killed by Israeli-special forces on a mission to arrest suspected terrorists in the West Bank.
Violence in the West Bank increased in May, with at least 30 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces and during alleged attacks that came amid a flare-up in East Jerusalem that led to an 11-day war between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.
West Bank villages often hold Friday demonstrations against land confiscation, house demolitions and Israeli settlements and the protests often lead to clashes with the Israeli army.
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