Israeli troops shot dead a seven-year-old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip on today, witnesses said.
According to the reports the boy died after he was hit in the head and arm by live fire from an Israeli tank during an army raid in Khan Younis refugee camp.
The action sparked clashes with Palestinian gunmen and stone-throwing youths.
Israeli military sources said the army was not in the refugee camp at the time.
The sources said that earlier militants had fired an anti-tank missile and thrown petrol bombs at soldiers near an adjoining Jewish settlement. Troops fired at them but didn't identify a hit.
Ten more Palestinians, mostly children and teenagers, were wounded in the clashes, Palestinian medics said. It was unclear if any of the injured were militants.
