Palestinians say teen dies after Israeli raid in West Bank

A Palestinian teenager was killed early Wednesday following an Israeli raid in the city of Nablus, near a flashpoint site in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The army said it was protecting worshippers and fired on a suspect who had placed an explosive device nearby, which detonated.
Palestinian officials identified him as Mahdi Hashash, 15, and said he was killed by shrapnel during an Israeli raid. A branch of the militant Palestinian group Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade called the teen “our martyr.”
The army said it was protecting civilians visiting the site known to Jews as the biblical Joseph’s Tomb. The army said gunshots were heard in the area and the military fired back, including on the person with the explosive device.
It was not immediately clear whether the raid was connected to a visit on Tuesday evening by eight Knesset members, incoming lawmakers and allies of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who prevailed in last week’s national election.
Eight members of Netanyahu’s Likud party and his right wing allies said in a statement that they had visited after dark.