Israeli settlers kill Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank

The ministry identified the teenager as Karim Sanad Raja Shalaldeh. The teenager's father told The Associated Press at the hospital that Israeli settlers had killed his son.

The incident in the occupied West Bank village of Sa'ir followed the latest in what the Israeli military describes as "unauthorised hikes" by settlers, who enter the outskirts of villages in what Palestinians view as an act of intimidation.

The Israeli military said soldiers were dispatched to Sa'ir after Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli settlers who were in the area without prior authorisation.

Separately, the Palestinian General Authority for Civil Affairs informed the Health Ministry that 58-year-old Fathi Khazem was fatally shot by Israeli forces early Friday in Jenin.

Fathi Zidan Hazem, 58, "died from injuries sustained after being shot by Israeli forces early Friday in the city of Jenin," the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement, adding that Israel was withholding his body.

Hazem was a retired colonel in the Palestinian National Security Forces.

The Israeli official said Khazem was the father of Raed Khazem, who carried out a shooting attack in Tel Aviv in April 2022.

Violence has escalated in the West Bank, where at least 87 Palestinians have been killed in almost 1,500 attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers this year, according to Palestinian officials.