Three more Palestinians die

Three more Palestinians have been killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

A nine-year-old boy was killed in an exchange of fire in the town of El Bireh.

In Gaza, a thirteen-year-old boy died from wounds received in a shooting incident involving Israeli soldiers last Tuesday.

And the Israelis said they shot dead a Palestinian who was planting a bomb near a Jewish settlement.

Palestinians said the man was a mentally-disabled vagrant.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service