Israel has confirmed that its troops killed two Palestinian teens overnight in the occupied West Bank, but said its forces targeted people throwing firebombs.

Ahmad Ali Asaad Ashira al-Salah, 15, and Mohammad Khaled Aliyan Issa, 17, were shot dead on Wednesday night, in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

The Israeli army confirmed the report to AFP, saying its forces had killed two people from a group of “several terrorists”.