A local source in Nablus reported that one Palestinian child was shot and killed in Askar refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, after the Israeli army invaded it following the Friday prayers.

The Maan News Agency reported that soldiers, supported by several armored vehicles and jeeps, clashed with dozens of residents in the camp and fired round of live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets.

One child identified as Adi Khaled Tantawi, 13, died after suffering a gunshot injury in his heart. Tantawi died shortly before arriving at the hospital.

Soldiers surrounded the camp, and barred the residents from entering or leaving it.

Earlier on Friday at dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Balata refugee camp, in Nablus, and killed two resistance fighters. Two other fighters wee injured, one seriously.

Soldiers exchanged fire with fighter of Al Aqsa brigades, the military wing of Fateh, after surrounding Balata and invading it.

The two fighters killed in the attack were identified as, Al Teerawi, one of the prominent leaders of the brigades in Nablus, and Jamal Jeremy.