PALESTINE CRISIS: PALESTINIAN TEEN FIRST TO BE KILLED BY ISRAEL IN 2018

Relatives of slain teen Musab al-Tamimi mourn at a Ramallah hospital in the occupied West Bank [Anadolu/Issam Rimawi]

A Palestinian teen is dead on the northern outskirts of the occupied West Bank town of Ramallah by the Israeli forces shot, according to Palestinian officials. The teen identified by the Palestinian governments spokesman 17- year -old boy as Musab Firas al-Tamimi from the village of Deir Nitham ,where Wednesday's shooting took place.

"He died shortly after the occupation forces fired a bullet into his neck," Maria Aqraa, told -a spokesman for the ministry of health.

"He was transferred to a hospital in Ramallah and he passed away minutes later," she added.

Aqraa said Musab was shot during a confrontation with the Israeli army.

According to the Times of Israel news website, the Israeli army said Musab had "appeared to be holding a gun", but that it was "not immediately confirmed that al-Tamimi had been armed at the time of the shooting".

An army spokesperson reportedly told the website that the circumstances of Musab's killing were being investigated.

News source : AL JAZEERA NEWS