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Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli army: ministry

Israeli forces contain Palestinian protesters during a demonstration against settlement expansion, in the village of al-Mughayer, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on July 29, 2022. ©AFP

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Amjad Nashaat Abu Alia, 16, "died of critical wounds sustained by live bullets in the chest", during clashes near the village of Al-Mughayer, close to Ramallah, the ministry said in a statement.

An AFP photographer at the scene reported 300 to 400 Palestinians had gathered for a protest march against Israeli settlement expansion in the area.

Clashes erupted when Israeli settlers and Palestinians began throwing rocks at each other.

The Israeli army said it had intervened after "hundreds of Palestinians instigated a violent riot". 

The army and border police responded with "riot dispersal means and live fire," the military statement to AFP added.

It came after two Palestinians were killed during an overnight raid by the Israeli military in Nablus early on Sunday, in what the army described as a shootout with gunmen.

At least 53 Palestinians have been killed since late March, mostly in the West Bank, among them suspected militants and also non-combatants, including Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American dual national, who was covering an Israeli raid in Jenin.

Over the same period, 19 people -- the majority Israeli civilians inside Israel -- have been killed, mainly in attacks by Palestinians.Three Israeli Arab attackers have also been killed.

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