“Israeli” soldiers killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in the town of Abu Dis in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Sunday.

Soldiers shot dead Yamen Jafal, who they claimed threw Molotov cocktails at an army checkpoint, the ministry said in a statement

The “Israeli” army claimed in a statement that two people threw Molotov cocktails at the checkpoint, saying one of them died and the other fled after soldiers opened fire.

Images were shared on social media of the “Israeli” police using tear gas in Abu Dis.

On Sunday, another Palestinian youth was killed by “Israeli” forces in Jerusalem’s Old City. “Israeli” police released a statement claiming the 19-year-old wounded two police officers in a knife attack

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed by “Israeli” forces in recent months for allegedly attempting to carry out stabbing or car-ramming attacks. Palestinian rights groups, meanwhile, accuse “Israeli” forces of deliberately killing Palestinians with no risk to their lives.

“Israel” occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 [Arab-Israeli] war. In 1980, it annexed the entire city in a move never recognized by the international community./aa