Israeli forces kill 14-year-old in West Bank, officials say

Israeli forces killed 14-year-old Moataz Iyad in Burqa, northwest of Nablus, Palestinian officials said, while the Israeli military said its soldiers fired in response to a perceived threat in the area. The accounts differ over what prompted the shooting, and the circumstances have not been independently established in the reported information.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the boy as Moataz Iyad and said Israeli authorities were withholding his body. A separate account rendered his name as Moutaz Eyad Daghlas and said he was killed late Monday. The ministry’s identification and the Israeli military’s account were reported by multiple sources, but both reflect statements by the parties involved.

The Israeli military said soldiers identified people it described as intending to throw stones at a highway used by Israeli vehicles. It said stones had recently been thrown at vehicles in the area and that soldiers fired to remove the threat. Palestinian officials said the boy was killed during an Israeli operation. The supplied accounts do not establish what happened immediately before the soldiers fired.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams treated two...