Troops kill Palestinian teenager as three others die

FOUR Palestinians were killed yesterdayin separate incidents in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including a teenager who was shot dead when rock-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops.

In Gaza, a Palestinian gunman disguised in Israeli army uniform opened fire on a military outpost near the Jewish settlement of Netzarim, but was shot and killed by troops within a minute, said the Israeli battalion commander.

The gunman, carrying an assault rifle and eight grenades, was from the militant Islamic Jihad movement, the group said.