The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces fatally shot a 16-year-old boy during unrest in the occupied West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa says Mahmoud Zaoul was shot in the neck late on Wednesday in the village of Hussan, near Bethlehem. The Israeli army says its troops opened fire after a crowd of Palestinians threw firebombs and stones at them. It says it is reviewing the incident.

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