Two Palestinians killed

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Fresh clashes erupted on Monday in the West Bank and Israel’s military shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian boy after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a crackdown following attacks that killed four Israelis.
The spike in violence in the West Bank and east Jerusalem has led to international calls for calm, with concerns the unrest could spin out of control and memories of previous Palestinian uprisings still fresh.
As part of security measures following the recent attacks, Jerusalem’s Old City remained closed to Palestinians for a second straight day.
On Monday afternoon, Israel’s army shot dead the 13-year-old Palestinian during clashes at a refugee camp near Bethlehem.
The teen was hit in the chest, making him the second Palestinian killed.
Late, on Sunday night, an 18-year-old Palestinian was killed during clashes in Tulkarem in the West Bank. Dozens of others have been wounded.
”He is not the first martyr, nor will he be the last, but he died for his homeland,” his father Othman Suleiman told AFP at his son’s funeral on Monday, attended by hundreds.