Palestinian teen killed in West Bank

Zababdeh, Palestinian Territories – AFP

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager near the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, troops made two arrests in the deadly Monday shooting of a settler near the city of Hebron.

“Othman Mohammed Abu Khurog, 17, died after he was shot in the head by the occupation (Israeli forces),” the Palestinian health ministry said.

Abu Khurog was killed when clashes erupted in the small town of Zababdeh, southeast of Jenin, which Israeli forces had entered to make an arrest, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The Israeli army said troops had opened fire after “explosive devices” were thrown at them. “A hit was identified,” it said in a statement.

Israeli troops routinely carry out incursions into areas such as Jenin which are nominally under the civil and security control of president Mahmud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority.

In July, the army carried out its biggest raid in years on the Jenin refugee camp, in which 12 Palestinians, including children, were killed.

An Israeli soldier also died during the raid, and on Tuesday the army said he was killed by fire from his own comrades.

David Yehuda Yizhak was shot dead by fellow troops “following an incident of mistaken identification”, the army said.