People mourn during the funeral of Aatef Abu Kharaj in Al-Zababdeh town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Aug. 22, 2023. A Palestinian teenager was killed early on Tuesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Al-Zababdeh town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Aatef Abu Kharaj, 17, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during clashes that erupted in the town and died later in a hospital. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

RAMALLAH, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian teenager was killed early on Tuesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Al-Zababdeh town south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Aatef Abu Kharaj, 17, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during clashes that erupted in the town and died later in a hospital.

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers usually break out when Israeli army forces storm towns, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank to arrest Palestinians wanted by Israeli security forces.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Club Association said in a press statement that the Israeli army arrested 35 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight and on Tuesday morning.

An Israeli army spokesman said that the Israeli army, in cooperation with the Israeli interior security and the police, arrested two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron following a shooting attack that killed a woman near the city.

The spokesman said in a statement that during the initial investigation, the two Palestinians confessed that they carried out the shooting attack and handed over the weapon they used in the attack.

Since January, 33 people, most of them Israelis, have been killed in a series of attacks carried out by Palestinians, and more than 200 Palestinians, including children and women, have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers, according to official figures. ■

People mourn during the funeral of Aatef Abu Kharaj in Al-Zababdeh town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Aug. 22, 2023. A Palestinian teenager was killed early on Tuesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Al-Zababdeh town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Aatef Abu Kharaj, 17, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during clashes that erupted in the town and died later in a hospital. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)