Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 10

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM -- Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, amid escalating violence in the region.

The ministry said in a statement that Mohammed Balhan, 15, died after being shot in the chest and abdomen during clashes with Israeli soldiers that broke out in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp south of the city of Jerich