Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teen in West Bank Clash

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager Friday in a clash with stone-throwing protesters near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian medical officials and security sources told AFP.

They named the dead youth as Orwa Hammad, 17, and said he was shot in the village of Silwad.

The army, however, said that troops deployed at Silwad to protect a major road used widely by Israeli settlers, spotted a person about to hurl at petrol bomb at traffic.

"The forces fired immediately to neutralize the danger ... and confirmed a hit," a spokeswoman said.