Boy is among 3 killed by Israel

HEBRON (West Bank) — A Palestinian boy was killed yesterday by shrapnel from an Israeli missile in the West Bank town of Hebron while two other Palestinians were found dead in a building besieged by the army in the same operation.

Thaer Al Siouri, 13, died after being struck in the face by shrapnel, a spokesman for Al Ahli Hospital said.

He was hit as Israeli troops fired missiles at a block of flats, suspected of sheltering fighters from the Hamas.

Israeli military sources said two bodies were recovered from one of the buildings besieged by the army in the operation. The identity of the pair could not be immediately established and troops were searching the eight-storey building, they said.

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