Palestinian officials said on Friday that Israeli soldiers fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian Teen during stone-throwing clashes in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that the teenager was hit by a live bullet in his abdomen and was taken for treatment at a hospital in the Palestinian city of Ramallah where he later died.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers had used what she described as "riot dispersal means," including the firing of rubber bullets, to confront dozens of Palestinians.
"The reports of live-fire use during the riot are not true, and claims about a number of rioters injured and one killed are known," she alleged.
The incident happened at al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah, said Marzouq Abu Naeem, a village councilman.
"This ugly crime is a war crime and a crime against humanity," the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The United Nations' Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, said he was appalled by the killing. "Israel must swiftly and independently investigate this shocking and unacceptable incident," he tweeted.
Palestinians strive to establish a state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
The Palestinians, who have limited self-rule in the West Bank, say Israel's settlements there will deny them a viable state and like many countries see the enclaves as an obstacle to peace and as illegal under international law.
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapsed in 2014, and were further worsened under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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