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Palestinian dies after Israel border clashes
By AFP - Jan 14,2019 - Last updated at Jan 14,2019
Boys gather around the body of Palestinian teen Abdul Raouf Salha during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday (Reuters photo)
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — A Palestinian teenager succumbed to his wounds on Monday three days after being shot by Israeli forces during clashes on the Gaza border, the Health Ministry in the coastal enclave said.
In a statement, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra said Abdul Raouf Salha, 14, ‘‘died as a result of his injuries from [Israeli] occupation fire last Friday east of Jabalia’’ in the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinians have been taking part in often violent protests at least weekly since March along the Gaza-Israel border.
The demonstrators are calling to be allowed to return to the homes their families fled or were expelled from in territory that is now inside Israel.
Israel accuses the strip's Islamist rulers Hamas of orchestrating the protests and using them as cover for violence.
Israeli forces said on Friday around 13,000 Palestinians had taken part in violent ‘‘riots’’ in multiple sites along the border.
It had not responded to a request for comment on the teenager's death on Monday.
At least 243 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces fire since protests began in March.
The majority have been killed during protests and clashes, though others have died in air strikes or shelling.
Two Israeli soldiers have been killed over the same period, one by a Palestinian sniper and another during a botched special forces operation inside Gaza.
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