A Palestinian teenager threw a petrol bomb at Israeli occupation soldiers in the south of the occupied West Bank and was shot dead on Friday, the Zionist army said.

A Palestinian teenager threw a petrol bomb at Israeli occupation soldiers in the south of the occupied West Bank and was shot dead on Friday, the Zionist army said.

At least two Palestinians threw a Molotov cocktail at a military jeep on patrol close to Halhul north of the West Bank city of al-Khalil.

Responding to an "immediate threat", the soldiers fired on them, killing one. The other was arrested, she said.

The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the death, identifying him as 17-year-old Haitham al-Bau.

Elsewhere on Friday clashes erupted during a new "day of rage".

Near Ramallah in the West Bank, clashes broke out as around 100 youths threw stones at Israeli occupation soldiers who responded with live fire after using tear gas and rubber bullets, an AFP journalist said.

Clashes were also taking place along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, AFP journalists said.

Protests are common on Fridays in the West Bank, which the Zionist entity has occupied since 1967.