Palestinian teen killed trying to stop bombing

A PALESTINIAN teenager was killed as he tried to stop militants from planting a bomb to attack Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, while beleaguered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat faced new protests.

Thousands of Islamic Jihad supporters also gathered in the territory for the funerals of two members of the group killed in an Israeli air strike.

Hassan al-Zaanin, 18, was killed yesterday morning in the territory's northern area of Beit Hanun as worried locals confronted militants planting a roadside bomb aimed at Israeli troops, witnesses and security sources said. Witnesses said Zaanin was killed by Palestinian fire.