The US State Department is seeking more information about the killing of a Palestinian American teenager by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The incident is currently under investigation, and the State Department is aware of the reports from the Israeli military that it was a counterterrorism act. The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the incident as an 'extra-judicial killing' by Israeli forces. Israel has been expanding and consolidating settlements in the West Bank in violation of international law, according to the UN human rights office.