The Palestinian Authority health ministry says a 15-year-old boy was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern West Bank town of Al-Yamoun.
The Ramallah-based health ministry says in a statement: “The child Rayan Tamer Houshiyeh was killed after being shot in the neck by soldiers” in Al-Yamoun, northwest of Jenin.
The incident took place shortly before the settler rampage in Kafr Malik.
The Palestinian Red Crescent says that its teams had handled “a very critical case” in Al-Yamoun involving a teenager, before pronouncing him dead.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
The Al-Yamoun incident marks the second time a teenager has been reported killed in the West Bank in two days.
On Monday, the PA health ministry said Israeli fire killed a 13-year-old it identified as Ammar Hamayel, also in Kafr Malik.
Earlier this month, the army confirmed it had killed a 14-year-old who threw rocks in the town of Sinjil.
In a similar incident in April, a teenager who held US citizenship was shot dead in the neighboring town of Turmus Ayya. The Israeli military said it had killed a “terrorist” who threw rocks at cars.
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