Zaid Mohammad Ghoneim, 15, killed by Israeli forces in of Bethlehem on Friday. (Social Media)

Ramallah, May 28 (RHC)-- A Palestinian teenager has been shot and killed by Israeli regime forces in the village of Al-Khader, south of the occupied West Bank, according to local media citing the Palestinian ministry of health.

The ministry identified the slain teenager as 15-year-old Zaid Mohammad Ghoneim, who succumbed to his wounds at hospital after being shot by live bullets in his back and neck, said Quds News Network.

The agency cited local sources and eyewitnesses as saying that the teenager killed by the Israeli forces in cold blood as he was surprised by their presence in the village and tried to hide in a parking garage.

A report in AFP news agency said the Israeli military said it was “not immediately in a position to comment on the matter.”

Ghoneim is the third Palestinian teen to be killed by Israeli forces this week in the occupied territories, and fifth since the cold-blooded murder of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh earlier this month.

He is also 13th Palestinian teen killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of the year, according to Defense for Children- Palestine (DCIP), an independent, local Palestinian child rights organization.