Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian W. Bank protester

Jerusalem: Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian medical sources said.

Mufid Saleh Walweel, 22, was shot in the head in the West Bank city of Qalqilya during a protest against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip, they said.

The Israeli army said soldiers had shot a Palestinian during a riot near Qalqilya after warning the crowd to disperse.

Israeli tanks and infantry launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after eight days of deadly air strikes failed to halt the Islamist group Hamas's rocket attacks on Israel.