UPDATE – Israeli army shoots dead Palestinian youth in West Bank

UPDATES WITH PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY STATEMENT ON YOUTH’S DEATH; CHANGES HEADLINE, LEDE; EDITS THROUGHOUT

By Awad Rajoub and Abdel-Raouf Arnaout

*** JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian youth in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday in an alleged stabbing attack, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

A ministry statement said Israeli forces opened fire on the youth in Hebron, without giving any further details.

The Israeli army said the Palestinian allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack in the city.

"No casualties were reported among Israeli forces,” the army said in a statement.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place in an area controlled by the Israeli army near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron, where several Israeli military checkpoints are erected.

Footage aired by an Israeli TV channel showed a Palestinian man lying motionless on the ground without receiving any medical attention.

At least 212 Palestinians have been killed, including 61 children and 36 women, and 1,400 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since May 10, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Ten Israeli have also been killed in Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

The recent tensions that started in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan spread to Gaza as a result of Israeli assaults on worshippers in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

* Writing by Ibrahim Mukhtar in Ankara.