Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen and injure two others amid soaring tensions in West Bank where two British sisters were shot dead days ago 

Israeli forces killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy and injured two others in a raid on a refugee camp near Jericho in the occupied West Bank on Monday - the latest escalation in the region following violence at a holy site in Jerusalem last week. 

In a brief statement earlier today, the Palestinian health ministry said teenager Mohammed Fayez Balhan was killed 'by occupation (Israeli) bullets in Jericho', and 'two people were injured by live bullets in the lower extremities' and taken to hospital.

The Israeli army said its forces were operating in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp near Jericho, without providing further details. A request for comment from AP was not returned.

Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that clashes erupted when Israeli forces entered the camp and surrounded several houses, arresting five individuals during the raid.

The attack in the Palestinian refugee camp took place just one day removed from the funeral of two British-Israeli sisters who were killed in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank.

Meanwhile, thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched to an evacuated settlement in the West Bank - a defiant signal that Israel's most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied Palestinian lands despite international opposition.

Both incidents come as violence continues to spiral following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian Muslim worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque - a holy site for both Jews and Muslims - in Jerusalem's old town last week amid Jewish Passover celebrations and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.