Palestinian teen in Ramallah killed by Israeli military

Wednesday October 15, 2008 08:17 by IMEMC Staff - IMEMC & Agencies

The Israeli military shot and killed a 17-year-old teen late last night who was from the Jallazoun refugee camp late in the north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank

Medical sources reported that Mohammad Zaid, 17, was killed and two other teens were wounded by Israeli gun fire in the Jallazoun refugee camp.

Witnesses said that the Israeli soldiers opened heavy fire on a number of boys who were walking down a street between the Beit Ail Israeli illegal settlement and the Jallazoun camp's school.

Witnesses added that the soldiers took the victim's corpse to an unknown destination.

No further details were reported.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military detained four Palestinian residents last night, including three from the Alkhader town of West Bank city of Bethlehem and a fourth from the Deir Abu Mash'al village of Ramallah city.

Witnesses said that an Israeli troops contingent stormed the Alkhader town and detained Mohammad Salah and Ahmad Salah, two brothers, then took them to an unknown destination.

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