Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian today during a confrontation withstone-throwers in the West Bank.
They said Fuad Jarwan (18) was killed as he sat on hisbalcony in the village of Beita studying for a high schoolexamination while violence raged nearby.
An Israeli army spokesman said dozens of Palestinians hadattacked soldiers with rocks and concrete blocks. "The forcespotted a terrorist lighting a petrol bomb, opened fire at himand saw that he was hit," the spokesman added.