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.
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