A Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli forces in a refugee camp in West Bank

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a16-year-old Palestinian at the entrance to the Al-Aroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.

Muslim News reported the incident happened on Saturday evening when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinian youths protesting Israeli military presence in the camp.

Israeli soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian youths with live ammunition and tear gas canisters.

Medical sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that a child was critically injured by live bullets in the back and chest.

Doctors at the hospital pronounced the child, identified as Milad Munther Al-Ra’i, 16, dead, as a result of a critical gunshot wound. At least 200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces so far this year.