The Israeli military has shot a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the leg in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, Al Jazeera reports citing the Wafa news agency.

Israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets during their storming of the city in the early hours of this morning, during which they also arrested a man in his 20s, according to Wafa.

The teenager has been taken to hospital and his condition has been described as stable.