Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager Monday during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry announced, as the army said soldiers fired at “armed suspects”.

The ministry said 17-year-old Jibril Mohammed Kamal al-Ladaa died after being “shot in the head” in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp near the city of Jericho.

Six others were wounded, including three in serious condition, Palestinian health officials said.

Israel’s military said “armed suspects fired at the soldiers, who responded with live fire”.

No soldiers were wounded in the incursion, the army said, while three people were detained by Israeli forces.

The latest deadly raid brings to 101 the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so far this year.

Nineteen Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have been killed over the same period, according to an AFP count based on official sources from the two sides.

These figures include combatants as well as civilians, and, on the Israeli side, include three members of the Arab minority.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank: ministry

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Friday near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident when contacted by AFP.

“Mostafa Amer Sabah, 16, was killed by the occupation (Israeli) bullets in the town of Teqoa,” a statement from the ministry said, without detailing the circumstances of the fatal shooting.

It comes a day after Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man, who the army accused of attempting to carry out a car-ramming attack in the northern West Bank.

The teenager’s death on Friday brings to 100 the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so far this year.

Nineteen Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have been killed over the same period, according to an AFP count based on Israeli and Palestinian official sources.

These figures include, on the Palestinian side, combatants and civilians, including minors, and on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, including minors, and three members of the Arab minority.