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MIDDLE EAST

Palestinian teen killed in Israeli firing

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager during a morning arrest raid that led to clashes in a refugee camp outside the city of Jericho in the West Bank, Palestinian health officials said on Monday. The Palestinian health ministry said 17-year-old Jibril Kamal died after being shot in the head. Six other people were wounded during the raid, the ministry said. The Israeli military said that during its raid on the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp, its troops shot at suspects who had fired at them and that targets were identified. The Jericho raid came amid operations across the West Bank on Monday that ended in at least 17 arrests.

UNITED STATES

Search still on for Texas shooter

A widening manhunt for a Texas gunman who fatally shot five neighbors continued coming up empty on Sunday as officers knocked on doors, the governor put up $50,000 in reward money and the FBI appeared no closer to catching the killer after nearly two days of searching with a team that has grown to hundreds of people. "I can tell you right now, we have zero leads," James Smith, the FBI special agent in charge, told reporters while again asking the public for tips in the rural town of Cleveland, where the shooting took place just before midnight on Friday.

Agencies - Xinhua