JERUSALEM: The Palestinian health ministry said four people were killed in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including a 15-year-old boy who it said was shot by Israeli troops.
It said the teenager was killed in the northern West Bank town of Al-Yamoun, while three other unnamed people died in a separate clash in the southern village of Kafr Malik.
The Israeli military (IDF) said it opened fire after intervening in a clash between Israelis and Palestinians in Kafr Malik. It told AFP that it was “looking into” the events in Al-Yamoun.
The Ramallah-based health ministry said in a statement: “The child Rayan Tamer Houshiyeh was killed after being shot in the neck by soldiers” in Al-Yamoun, northwest of Jenin.
Earlier Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that its teams had handled “a very critical case” in Al-Yamoun involving a teenager, before pronouncing him dead.
