Palestinian Teen Killed in Clashes, Israeli Teen Dies After Shooting

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Israeli troops shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said, and an Israeli teen wounded by an alleged Palestinian gunman earlier this week died of his injuries.   

The Israeli military said troops had fired toward Palestinians hurling Molotov cocktails at them late on Wednesday near the Palestinian village of Beita, south of Nablus.  "The troops operated to stop the suspects by firing toward them," an Israeli military spokeswoman said, adding that the incident would be investigated.  Residents of Beita and the nearby village of Odala say there have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops near the villages' entrances the past several nights.