TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in the northern West Bank on Friday, Palestinian security officials said.
The shootings were the latest of a series of fatal incidents in the past week threatening to unravel an eight-month ceasefire and dash hopes that Israel's pullout from Gaza last month could lead to a resumption of peace talks.
Both sides gave conflicting accounts, and it was unclear whether the fatalities were a result of one or two separate incidents.
Palestinian witnesses said troops opened fire on unarmed protesters who threw stones at an army jeep, east of Tulkarm, a town in the northern West Bank, killing an 18-year-old youth.
Medics said the youth died immediately of his wounds
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