RAMALLAH: A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli army fire in the town of Arraba in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

In a brief statement on Wednesday, the Ministry identified the victim as 14-year-old Ibrahim Imad Ahmed Mahmoud Hamran.

Khalil al-Arda, a member of the Arraba municipality, told Xinhua that the child was hit by direct gunfire from Israeli forces.