Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teen-ager during a gun battle Monday in the West Bank city of Jenin. The 15-year-old boy was killed after he climbed atop an armored vehicle, the army said, adding that soldiers were worried he was carrying a bomb.
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