IDF kills youth in West Bank

Palestinian sources report Israeli troops patrolling village of Tubas shoot dead 17-year-old boy. Military says soldiers opened fire on Palestinians who hurled Molotov cocktails on them
Efrat Weiss and AP

Palestinians sources reported Sunday that Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth during a night patrol in a West Bank village.

Ayman Abdel Razek of the village of Tubas said troops shot the 17-year-old after midnight Sunday. He says village youths often throw stones at army patrols at around that time but that the youth was unarmed.

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The Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service said the soldiers tried to resuscitate the youth but failed.

The IDF said in response to the incident that the soldiers operating in the village opened fire at Palestinians who hurled Molotov cocktails at them.

On Friday night soldiers shot and killed another Palestinian 17-year-old who Israeli and Palestinian officials said was throwing Molotov cocktails at a West Bank patrol.

The West Bank is not included in the rocky ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza since June 19.