Israeli army acknowledges fatal shooting of Palestinian girl, 16

Palestinian women react during the funeral of Jana Zakaran, 16, in the West Bank city of Jenin (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

The Israeli military has acknowledged that its troops fatally shot a teenage Palestinian girl during an operation in the occupied West Bank, saying she was unintentionally hit by fire aimed at gunmen in the area.

It was a rare admission of an error by the military, which has carried out daily arrest operations in the West Bank for nearly nine months.