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| Israeli troops have shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian boy near the West Bank separation barrier. | |
| A classmate said a group of students went to the barrier – which Israel has built along and inside the West Bank – to throw stones at soldiers. Muataz Awad said soldiers opened fire, killing Samir Awad, who was from the village of Boudrous. | |
| Doctors at Ramallah hospital said he was shot three times. They spoke anonymously, according to regulations. The military had no immediate comment. | |
| Elsewhere in the West Bank, about 50 armed Palestinians shut the main road into Balata refugee camp to protest Palestinian security forces' attempts to disarm them. | Elsewhere in the West Bank, about 50 armed Palestinians shut the main road into Balata refugee camp to protest Palestinian security forces' attempts to disarm them. |
| The gunmen have links to the Fatah movement, led by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. The recent protests have drawn attention to growing discontent with his rule. |