Two Palestinian youths were wounded, one of them fatally, in a clash Thursday with Israeli troops who staged a pre-emptive raid on Kafr Rai village, southwest of the West Bank city of Jenin.
The clash took place on the eve of the first anniversary of the start of the intifada, the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
An Israel Defense Force unit met fierce resistance when it entered the village in a show of force.
Troops opened fire, wounding two youths. They were rushed to a hospital in Jenin, where one of them, identified as Yussuf es-Sbeh, 17, died.
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