This article was originally published by Maan News and is republished with permission.

Undercover Israeli forces killed a teenage Palestinian civilian and injured four others in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khuza'a on Tuesday morning.

Palestinian medical sources said nineteen-year-old Muhammad Al-Najjar was riddled with 13 bullets.

Eyewitnesses said Al-Najjar was standing in the door of his house when Israeli soldiers disguised in civilian clothes approached him and shot him without provocation.

Clashes erupted between the Israeli forces and Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades who were nearby.

Shelling at Erez crossing

The Al-Qassam Brigades also claimed responsibility for launching nine mortar shells at the Israeli-controlled Erez checkpoint, at the northern end of the Gaza Strip. They claimed that one Israeli soldier was wounded.