A Palestinian teen critically wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank died in a Ramallah hospital on Thursday.

According to eyewitnesses, 13-year-old Bahaa Samir Badr was hit by a live bullet in his chest during clashes in the Beit Laqia village northwest of Ramallah earlier that day.

He was taken to the government hospital in Ramallah, and later died of his wounds, the Palestinian Red Cross said.

According to the Israeli army, a unit entered the village after stones were thrown in the area. As the unit left the village, soldiers stepped off their vehicle to repair an unspecified malfunction when Palestinians started hurling firebombs at them, from a distance of about 20 meters, the army said. The unit commander opened fire at the Palestinians, killing the teen. Military Police is expected to investigate the incident.

In East Jerusalem, a Border Police officer suffered light to moderate wounds by a firecracker during clashes between Palestinian youths and police forces in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood. Many teenagers and children took part in the unrest. Four firebombs were lobbed at the Nof Zion neighborhood, causing damage to a parked car and to a building, but did not result in casualties.

Open gallery view A Palestinian uses a sling shot to throw a rock at Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Betunia, October 10, 2014. Credit: AFP

In Silwan, firebombs were thrown at a private vehicle and at a police cruiser, causing some damage but no casualties.

Clashes between Palestinians and security forces started on Tuesday night in the Old City area of East Jerusalem, after the Jerusalem District Police banned Muslims under the age of 50 from entering the Temple Mount compound. On Wednesday morning, clashes developed between hundreds of youngsters and police forces near the Temple Mount and in the surrounding Old City neighborhoods. Palestinians fired firecrackers and threw firebombs at police forces, which responded with sponge rounds and flash grenades.

Four Palestinians were arrested in the clashes and three officers were lightly wounded. Police later closed the Temple Mount to Jews and tourists earlier than usual. At the same time, hundreds of police officers guarded thousands of Jews who arrived at the Western Wall for a ritual on the last day of Sukkot.

The unrest continued on Thursday. In the most serious incident, several dozen Palestinians, including many children on their way to school, tried to attack the settlement of Ma'aleh Zeitim in the A-Tur neighborhood. A Border Police unit at the area dispersed the Palestinians, when an officer was wounded in his neck by a firecracker. He was taken to the Hadassah Hospital in Mount Scopus.

Last March, an Israeli army force shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the area of the Deir al-Asal village in the south Hebron Hills. The army said the boy tried to sabotage a fence in the area. The teen, Yusef Abu Akar, was seriously wounded and rushed to a Be'er Sheva hospital, where he died of his wounds. Residents of the teen's village said he had gone out to collect herbs with his friends on the way to school.