Palestinians say troops kill teenager in West Bank

IDF troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager Saturday in a clash in a village near Bethlehem, staff at a local Palestinian hospital claimed, but the military said it had no immediate report of such an incident. Medics at Beit Jalla hospital said 16-year-old Hassan Hmeid was shot in the chest. Witnesses said soldiers opened fire when a patrol entered the village of Tekoa Saturday and came under a hail of stones thrown by local youngsters.