Palestinian Youth Succumbs to Israeli-Inflicted Wounds

The Israeli army said in a statement soldiers shot a Palestinian youth who approached the border fence with Gaza. He was transferred to a hospital for treatment but pronounced dead shortly after, Palinfo reported.

According to the statement, the military arrested three young men who allegedly attempted to creep into the border fence.

Sometime earlier, media sources reported that a Palestinian young man was kidnapped by the occupation forces after he was shot and injured in Jabalia town.

Also, a Palestinian teen died of his wounds a day after he was shot by Israeli troops during the rallies in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials.

A 16-year-old child who was shot and critically injured on Friday during protests at the Gaza border died on Saturday of his wounds.

Ahmad Abu Tayoor, 17, was shot late on Friday close to the Southern city of Rafah, according to the health ministry. He was admitted to hospital with critical wounds after he was shot by an Israeli army sniper East of Rafah. He underwent surgery at the hospital but later died of his wounds, according to the hospital.

He is the second Palestinian child killed in the Friday protests after 17-year-old Bilal Khafaja was also shot in the chest by an Israeli army sniper East of Rafah.

Tensions have been running high along the Gaza fence since late March, which marked the start of a series of protests, dubbed “The Great March of Return”. The rallies call for ending the 12-year-long Israeli blockade of Gaza and for the right of return of the refugees.

The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

More than 180 Palestinians have been killed and 19,000 others were injured since the outbreak of the Gaza border demonstrations on March 30.

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