Israeli forces have shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy and injured four children during an Israeli raid in the Palestinian West Bank today.
The violence came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared that Israel's occupation in the West Bank must end.
Soldiers shot and killed the teenager and wounded a seven-year-old boy after opening fire at stone throwers in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian hospital officials said.
The army claimed troops fired, and hit a boy, after a Palestinian youth threw a petrol bomb.
In a village near Nablus, Israeli troops opened fire on stone-throwing youths, hitting a nine-year-old boy in the head and two 12-year-old boys in the legs, Palestinian hospital officials said. The army did not immediately comment.
Five Palestinian children, a Palestinian woman and a police officer, were also injured after accidentally detonating explosives in the West Bank town of Hebron.
The children found the explosives in two plastic bags under a tree and accidentally detonated the first bag. After a police officer arrived, the second bag exploded, seriously injuring him, officials said. AP