Jerusalem(CNN) A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Tuesday night, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, a claim disputed by Israeli police.
The ministry identified the boy as Muhyi Sedqi al-Tabakhi from Al-Ram.
Israel police spokeswoman Luba Samri said Israeli forces never opened fire. Israeli border police officers were in Al-Ram to return the body of a suspected Palestinian attacker who was killed in an incident approximately a week ago, she said.
According to Samri, protesters threw Molotov cocktails at the forces, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.