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Israel says killing of Palestinian teenager in West Bank is being investigated

The Israeli army said it is investigating the "circumstances" of an incident in which a 13-year-old Palestinian was killed in the city of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli Haaretz reported.

The Palestinian News Agency Wafa reports that Israeli forces killed the teenager, identified as Moatsem Nabil Abu Abed, and wounded two others during an early morning raid on Qabatiya town, south of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank,.

The Israeli army said its forces were shot at and they responded with fire, hitting some of their attackers.