TULKARM, West Bank, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Sunday, witnesses and medical workers said. They said Abdel-Karim Salameh was hit in the head by machinegun fire as an Israeli tank and three jeeps passed through the eastern sector of the city. The witnesses and medics said the shooting was unprovoked and that a 13-year-old boy was wounded in the incident. The Israeli army had no immediate comment. Israeli troops entered most of West Bank cities in June following a spate of Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel. On Saturday, Israeli soldiers shot dead a nine-year-old girl outside her home in the Gaza town of Khan Younis, Palestinian security sources said. Israeli military sources said troops in the area had been shot at and returned fire, but could not say if they had hit anyone. At least 1,750 Palestinians and 675 Israelis have been killed since a Palestinian uprising for independence began in September 2000 when peace talks failed.
