JERUSALEM – Palestinian officials say a 19-year-old has been killed in clashes with the Israeli military in the West Bank.
The health ministry says Ahmad Abu-Obeid was shot in the head Saturday during a stone-throwing confrontation near the northern West Bank town of Jenin. The Red Crescent says five other protesters were injured by rubber-coated bullets in the same incident.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment about the casualty, but said it was looking into reports of the injuries.
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The military has been conducting arrests raids in the Jenin area in search of the killer of a West Bank settler earlier this month.
Israel had vowed to track down the killers of Rabbi Raziel Shevah, 35, who was shot multiple times from a passing vehicle as he drove.
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