Israel troops kill Palestinian teen in W Bank

RAMALLAH, July 27 (AFP): Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager during an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and official media said Thursday.
The shooting occurred in the town of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, which has seen a surge of violence since early last year.
"The occupation forces had stormed the Naqar neighbourhood in the west of Qalqilya, which led to clashes," the official Wafa news agency reported.
"The occupation forces fired live and rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at residents and their homes."
The Israeli army said it would release a statement "as soon as possible".
The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead teenager as Fares Abu Samrah, 14, and said he died of bullet wounds to the head.
On Wednesday, a Palestinian was killed in the main northern West Bank city of Nablus during what the army described as "counter-terrorism activity" in the city.