A Palestinian-American minor has been killed by the Israel Defense Forces , the U.S. State Department said . According to a press release from the State Department , the youth was killed Friday during clashes in Silwad , a town in the West Bank . The official Palestinian news agency WAFA identified him as Orwa Hammad , 14 . The IDF said an `` attack was prevented '' when the military fired upon a male hurling a Molotov cocktail on a main road with traffic . The Israeli military declined to comment further on the individual 's identity and health status . `` We call for a speedy and transparent investigation , and will remain closely engaged with the local authorities , who have the lead on this investigation , '' said Jen Psaki , spokeswoman for the State Department . Tensions have remained high in the region after the bodies of three Israeli teenagers were found in the West Bank in June . Reprisal attacks , rocket fire and retaliatory airstrikes followed . Seven weeks of heavy fighting ensued , with more than 2,000 Palestinians killed and 67 deaths on the Israeli side . On October 19 , a kindergarten girl died and another was seriously injured after an Israeli settler ran over them -- deliberately , according to the official Palestinian news agency , WAFA -- near a village north of the West Bank city of Ramallah . Israeli police say they are investigating . Then , on Wednesday , a 3-month-old girl was killed and several people wounded when a Palestinian man rammed his car into commuters at a rail stop in Jerusalem . Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld called the incident an apparent `` intentioned event '' and terror attack .
Palestinian-American killed during clashes in West Bank , U.S. State Department says . Israeli military : An `` attack was prevented '' when a male was shot hurling a Molotov cocktail . Earlier this week a Palestinian man rammed car into commuters in Jerusalem .