Palestinian teen killed after attacking Israel soldier

A Palestinian teenager was killed in the West Bank yesterday after what the Israeli army said was an attack on a soldier, the fourth deadly incident in the occupied territory in as many days.

The army said the assailant "attacked a soldier with a hammer, injuring him in the face" during routine operations outside the town of Baytin, near Ramallah.

"The soldier responded with live fire toward the suspect and neutralised him," a spokesperson said, adding that he had been killed.