JERICHO, July 1: Two Palestinians, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as 35 suspected militants were detained in a major operation in the West Bank town of Jericho.
Meanwhile, a day after ordering the government to change the route of parts of its West Bank separation barrier, the supreme court also called a temporary halt to work on another section.
The youngster, who was named as Omar Mohammed Abu Zreihan, died after being shot in the head during an incursion in the Brazil neighbourhood of the southern Gaza town of Rafah, medical sources said. -AFP
