Palestinians: Israeli troops kill teen in West Bank clashes

By TIA GOLDENBERG
Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during clashes that erupted in a refugee camp in the West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed as violence surges in the occupied territory. The ministry identified the Palestinian on Wednesday as 18-year-old Osama Adawi. He was among the more than 100 Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far in 2022, the worst spasm of violence in seven years. The Israeli army said troops opened fire at a group of Palestinians who were hurling rocks at Israeli motorists on Route 60, the territory’s main north-south artery. Meanwhile, Palestinian shops and businesses shuttered in protest against Israeli police raids on Wednesday.