Israeli troops kill Palestinian kid

Israeli soldiers have shot dead a nine-year-old Palestinian boy during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics say.

Hammad Hossam Mussa was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the village of Nilin on Tuesday, Salah Al Khawaja, a member of Nilin's Committee against the Wall told AFP on Tuesday.

Mussa died of his wounds while being transported to hospital in an ambulance shortly afterwards, the medical sources said.