JERUSALEM (AFP) - A 13-year-old Palestinian boy suffered serious head wounds after being shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses said. The Israeli army confirmed a young Palestinian was injured, adding that the soldiers fired rubber bullets after a group of youths hurled stones at them. Palestinian witnesses said the boy, identified as Yakub Kasrawi, was taken to a hospital by the soldiers. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will travel to Washington on December 19 for talks with US President Bush and will fly to Moscow a few days later, his spokesman said on Friday. Abbas and Bush will discuss the status of Middle East peace efforts since Israeli-Palestinian talks were relaunched at a conference in Annapolis, Maryland in November 2007, Nabil abu Rudeina said. The Palestinian leader will also meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.