Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian teenager dead

FE Team | Published: February 04, 2018 22:04:45

GAZA CITY: Palestinian schoolchildren shout slogans and hold placards during a protest in Gaza city on Sunday against the difficult economic situation and the US decision to withhold funds earmarked for the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. — AFP

WEST BANK, Feb 04 (Reuters): Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during an arrest raid in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said on Saturday.
A Reuters witness said about 200 Palestinians were throwing stones at Israeli military vehicles when a gunshot was heard, adding that a wounded person was then carried to a car.
Israel's military said its forces had been searching in Burqin for suspects involved in the fatal drive-by shooting of an Israeli rabbi from a nearby settlement on Jan 9.
A military spokeswoman said rioting had broken out while troops were apprehending several suspects connected with that shooting and troops responded with non-fatal "riot dispersal means" against Palestinians throwing rocks and firebombs and then with live gunfire at the main instigators.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the teenager killed on Saturday was 19 years old, while the hospital in Jenin where he was taken said he had been shot in the head. The Israeli military spokeswoman said he had climbed onto a military vehicle and had opened its door before he was shot.