Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 9-year-old Palestinian boy and seriously wounded an adult in a confrontation with stone-throwing protesters in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian medics said.
Medics said that soldiers shot at demonstrators who threw rocks at them on Saturday at the southern entrance to Beit Hanoun, killing the boy, Ehab Shattat, who sustained a gunshot wound in the chest, and wounding a 24-year-old.
Shattat's father said the boy had gone to buy ice cream in a local market, and then he heard some shooting.
An Israeli military source said soldiers fired warning shots into the air when protesters threw cement blocks and stones at them in Beit Hanoun.
Stonethrower shot dead
A Palestinian stonethrower was shot dead by Israeli troops in the Balata refugee camp in the northern West Bank town of Nablus late Saturday, Palestinian medical and security sources told AFP.
Mahmud Lehawani, 18, died after being hit by a bullet in the chest when soldiers opened fire towards a group of young stonethrowers, they said.
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