Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager who was throwing stones at them in a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus today, medics said.
The shooting came two days after Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians in Nablus during some of the bloodiest confrontations there for at least two weeks.
In today's clash, witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Palestinians throwing stones at them in the El Ayn refugee camp. A 17-year-old teenager was shot dead and a 14-year-old was wounded and taken to a local hospital. The army said it was checking the report.
Nablus has been the scene of frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and militants in the last few weeks and through much of the three-year old Palestinian uprising.