Al-Qassam Website - Israeli occupation forces have shot dead a Palestinian adolescent in confrontations in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.

The occupying soldiers shot and critically injured 15-year-old Palestinian minor Mustafa Sabbah with live rounds before he was pronounced dead hours later, the ministry added.

Sabbah's martyrdom brings to 101 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation troops and colonial settlers so far this year, including 18 children, four senior civilians, and a detainee.