Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian teen, injures another in W. Bank

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Members of Israeli security forces closing a street in the City of Ramallah, West Bank

Sharjah 24 – KUNA: A Palestinian teen was killed and another injured in an Israeli shooting near Umm Safa Village, north of Ramallah, on Friday, said the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Mohammad Al-Bayyed, 17, from the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, succumbed to his critical head wounds shortly after he was taken to hospital, the ministry said in a press release.

Another teen was injured in confrontations with Israeli forces following an Israeli military incursion into the Umm Safa Village, it added.

Dozens of Palestinians pelted stones at Israeli forces while trying to move into the village, which has been under continued attacks by Jewish settlers for several weeks.