Palestinian Teen Succumbs to Injuries after Israeli Fire on Gaza Border

  • 4/28/2018
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A 15-year-old Palestinian teenager has died of his wounds a day after being shot by Israeli forces in clashes along the Gaza border, the territorys health ministry said Saturday. Azzam Oweida was hit in the head during protests in southern Gaza on Friday, the ministry said. His death brought to four the number of people killed or fatally wounded during a fifth consecutive Friday of protests in which thousands of Gazans have gathered near the heavily-guarded border. Forty-five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of what organizers have dubbed the Great March of Return on March 30, with more than 1,500 wounded. No Israelis have been reported hurt. In the West Bank, demonstrations were also held Friday in order to denounce the US decision to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem. Clashes erupted between Palestinians and occupation forces in Hebron after dozens of youths gathered in the Old City, burning tires and tossing stones on the soldiers. In al-Bireh, young men blocked the road with stones and burning tires, before the eruption of direct confrontations with the occupation forces that used rubber bullets and tear gas to clamp down on the protesters, leaving nine of them wounded. In Nilin, hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the separation wall, chanting slogans against the occupation and its practices in West Bank villages. Israeli forces responded by using tear gas, leaving 12 Palestinians, in addition to a foreign journalist, wounded. Clashes also erupted at Beita, Nablus, as Israeli forces attempted to disperse a march denouncing the occupation’s violations against Palestinians. Israeli troops carried out several arrests.

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