WEST BANK: Israeli soldiers have shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian boy during confrontations near the town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and official Wafa news agency said on Monday. The health ministry said Mohammed Abu Salah was killed in the village of Silat al-Harithiya as troops arrived late on Sunday to demolish the home of Muhammad Jaradat, a man accused of killing an Israeli settler late last year. Israeli forces were accompanied by a military bulldozer and prevented the entry and exit of vehicles. According to local media sources, dozens of Palestinians from neighbouring villages and towns went to Silat al-Harithiya on foot once they heard of the Israeli raid. –Agencies
