00:00 In the latest development in the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Palestinian Health Ministry
00:08 said that Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank.
00:14 The Israeli army described the incident as a car ramming attempt near Nablus.
00:19 The teen is identified as 18-year-old Fauzi Mukhalifa.
00:23 The Palestinian Health Ministry said that the teen was killed by the occupation or Israeli
00:27 bullets in the town of Sebastia late on Friday.
00:31 Reports said that he was the second Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in the West
00:35 Bank within hours.
00:37 The army said that the troops had responded to a car ramming incident in the northern
00:42 West Bank town by firing towards the suspects who were in the vehicle.
00:47 The army said that the driver was neutralised.
00:49 The army further said that another suspect who had been in Mukhalifa's car was wounded
00:54 and arrested.
00:55 The deadly incident came amid rising tensions in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied
00:59 since the 1967 Six-Day War.
01:02 The territory has seen a string of attacks by Palestinians on Israeli targets, as well
01:06 as a surge in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian communities.
01:11 Earlier on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported the death of 17-year-old
01:15 Mohammed al-Bayt in the city of Ramallah.
01:17 The ministry said that Bayt died from injuries sustained by live bullets fired by Israeli
01:22 forces, while Israeli border police accused him of attacking officers.
01:26 The force said in a statement that a violent disturbance had broken out during which suspects
01:31 threw stones and explosives at Israeli forces.
01:34 According to reports, violence linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this year has
01:38 killed at least 198 Palestinians, 27 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian.
01:44 The West Bank is home to nearly 3 million Palestinians, as well as about 490,000 Israelis
01:51 who live in settlements considered illegal under international law.
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