Palestinian boy killed by Israeli troops

Israeli troops mistakenly killed a Palestinian bystander while responding with gunfire to a petrol bomb and rock attack on Israeli vehicles in the occupied West Bank, the military said.

An earlier statement from the military had identified the Palestinian as an assailant. The mayor of his village said he was 15 years old.

The military said several Palestinians threw petrol bombs and stones at vehicles, injuring three civilians, on a highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem that traverses the West Bank.