JENIN, West Bank, May 27 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - While Israeli occupation forces stepped up daily aggressions by gunning down a Palestinian teenager in the northern West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem on Tuesday, May 27, an expected meeting between Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abass and his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon was postponed.

"They were supposed to meet on Wednesday. The Palestinians contacted us today and requested the meeting be postponed due to scheduling problems linked to a visit" by Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio, Israeli government sources said.

Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Amr's office said the meeting had been postponed "for technical reasons" and "will take place in the next 48 hours."

It did not elaborate on the exact nature of those reasons, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Palacio is slated to meet Abbas early Wednesday, May 28, morning before meeting separately with her Palestinian counterpart, Nabil Shaath, and with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, an official in Shaath’s office told AFP.

Shaath said that a second summit between U.S. President George W. Bush and Arab leaders would be held after a first meeting planned between the U.S. leader and Israeli and Palestinian premiers.

An Israeli official has said the meeting is expected in Aqaba, Jordan, on Wednesday or Thursday next week.

Jordan's King Abdullah II would also attend the meeting, the official said, adding that Bush could go on to Egypt for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak "and other Arab leaders".

The diplomatic push follows Sunday's decision by the Israeli cabinet to accept the “roadmap” and its goal of creating a viable Palestinian state - the first time an Israeli government has ever accepted such a plan, albeit with reservations.

The plan has been approved by the Palestinian cabinet unconditionally.

On the ground, Mohammad Amin Mahmud, 16, was shot in the chest when Israeli soldiers opened fire on a group of young stone-throwers during an Israeli incursion in the camp, medical sources said.

A seven-year-old boy was also wounded and several other Palestinians were detained, they added.

Mahmud’s death raised to 3,265 the number of people killed since the start of the Intifada against Israeli occupation in September 2000, including 2,463 Palestinians and 742 Israelis, according to an AFP count.

Exchanges of fire and an explosion were heard in Jenin and the refugee camp, which were placed under a curfew by the Israeli occupation forces, Palestinian sources said.

The shootout left one Israeli soldier wounded, and he was rushed to an Israeli hospital, according to Al-Jazeera.