A 16-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli military forces near Ramallah Friday evening after hurling rocks at Israeli vehicles.
According to the reoprts the teen, along with two others, was throwing rocks at Israeli cars near Route 60, the West Bank's main north-south road. Troops fired at the them, hitting two.
Soldiers administered medical assistance to the wounded, but the 16-year-old died of his injuries. The condition of the second person shot was not immediately clear.
The IDF said it was reviewing the incident.
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Israel Border Police officers entered the Shuafat camp in East Jerusalem Thursday to arrest two youths who were throwing Molotov cocktails at a main road that runs near the camp towards Pisgat Zeev.
A 3rd youth then tried to attack the police officers with firebomb. He was shot and taken to Hadassah Hospital , where he was undergoing surgery.
One of the arrested suspects had an unused firebomb on their person at the time of the arrest.
The Shuafat camp lies just north of French Hill in northern Jerusalem, and overlooks Route 60 and Route 1 near the intersection point of the two highways.
* Photos: IDF troops and Palestinians hurling rocks; The seriously injured Palestinian at hospital yesterday, and the firebombs carried by the Palestinian youths who were arrested yesterday
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