A teenage Palestinian boy got killed after being shot by Israeli forces in the north of the occupied West Bank.The deceased identified as Mohammed Saleem, 15, died in hospital after being shot in Azoun, a village near the town of Qalqilya, on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Another teenager was hit in the chest by Israeli gunfire and is being treated in hospital. It was also reported that the two were wounded as they threw stones at Israeli troops who had entered the village.
The Israeli military said that its forces opened fire after Palestinians threw fireworks at military vehicles moving along a nearby road and that when soldiers arrived, the locals threw firebombs at them.Israeli troops have been conducting near-daily raids in supposedly Palestinian-run areas of the West Bank as violence that began last spring continues. 
Since the start of this year, 64 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. During the same period, 14 Israelis have died in Palestinian attacks.This year has already become one of the deadliest periods of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years.
