(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Several hundred mourners marched in a funeral procession on Wednesday for a 25-year old Palestinian killed by Israeli troops during a confrontation with a stone-throwing crowd in a flashpoint district of the occupied West Bank, both sides said.<br/> <br />The incident on Tuesday in Fuwar, near the city of Hebron, stoked tensions ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama next week that has been billed as a bid to encourage new peacemaking.<br/> <br />Witnesses said Israeli soldiers raided Fuwar and opened fire after coming under a barrage of rocks from local Palestinians. Hospital officials said a 25-year-old man died after being shot in the head and two others were wounded by the Israelis.<br/> <br />Citing the results of an initial investigation, an Israeli military spokeswoman said the troops had been attacked with fire-bombs on a nearby road and pursued the assailants into Fuwar, where they encountered the stone-throwers.
