Israeli troops stationed on the borders between Israel and the central Gaza Strip shot dead a Palestinian teen and wounded two others on Wednesday, medics and security sources in Gaza City said.

The sources said that a 17-year-old Palestinian teen was killed and two others were injured and detained on Wednesday morning after they were shot by Israeli soldiers.

Khaled al-Najjar, chief of emergency at al-Aqsa Hospital confirmed that Mahran Abu al-Maseer was killed and two other teens were injured and detained by the soldiers east of the central Gaza Strip town of Deir el-Ballah.

Palestinian security sources said the three teens approached a site of gathering trash, outside the town closed to borders between the Gaza Strip and Israel, adding that Israeli soldiers saw them and opened fire at them.

There has been no immediate comment from the Israeli army.

Source: Xinhua