A 14-year-old Palestinian boy died on Saturday after being wounded in a shooting incident involving Israeli soldiers in the northern border town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian medical workers said.
They said Ghazi al-Zaaneen was seriously wounded on Friday night when Israeli soldiers fired shots toward a neighborhood in the town.
A military official, who declined to be named, said soldiers had fired warning shots in the Beit Hanoun area on Friday night after spotting Palestinians approaching Israel's border.
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An Israeli army spokeswoman said the military had launched an investigation.
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Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Hamas-controlled enclave has been minimal since Israel ended a military offensive there in January.
Palestinians fired a mortar shell toward Israel on Friday and the army said it responded with artillery fire.














