Israel army kills two Palestinian teenagers in West Bank confrontations

The Israeli army fatally shot two Palestinian teenagers during confrontations in the occupied West Bank (Alamy/PA)

The Israeli army fatally shot two Palestinian teenagers during confrontations in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

The ministry identified the two Palestinians, killed in separate episodes, as 14-year-old Adel Daoud, shot in the head at Israel’s separation barrier near the northern Palestinian town of Qalqilya, and 17-year-old Mahdi Ladadweh, shot during clashes in a village north-west of Ramallah.