Israeli soldiers shot and killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy yesterday evening after he strayed into an army base.
Soldiers shot Ahmed Abu Latifi of Kalandiya refugee camp in the chest after he mistakenly entered an area at an airport north of Jerusalem that was off limits as an army base.
Israeli military sources said soldiers opened fire at a group of people who broke through a security fence outside the base that borders on Kalandiya refugee camp, between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, striking one of them.
"The Israeli army expresses regret about the boy's death and has opened an investigation into the incident," a military official said.