Ammon News - A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli forces early Tuesday, during an incursion into the town of Tuqu', southeast of Bethlehem.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated in a press release that the teen, Ammar Yasser Mohammed Taamrah (16), was shot in the chest by the Israeli soldiers late Monday evening and was declared dead this morning.

The ministry added that Israeli forces stormed the town and fired live bullets indiscriminately, resulting in the injury of Taamrah. Palestinian Red Crescent medical teams transported him to the town’s clinic, where he was pronounced dead, and his body was later transferred to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital. Petra