Palestinian teen killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli army
The Israel Defense Forces said troops fired on the crowd to disperse hundreds of Palestinians who were rioting in a village south of Nablus.
A Palestinian teenager was killed Friday when the Israeli army open fire on an anti-settlement demonstration in the West Bank, Palestinian health officials said.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said, "Mohammad Said Hamayel, 15, died in clashes" near Beita, a village south of Nablus. The Palestinian Health Ministry also identified Hamayel as the victim and said six others were wounded when Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported the Palestinian teenager is the third resident of the village to be killed by Israeli gunfire in the past month.
Quoted by AFP, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said troops responded “with riot dispersal means and fire towards the rioters,” hundreds of whom were protesting, hurling stones and setting tires on fire.
