Gaza: A Palestinian wounded by Israeli regime gunfire in the Gaza Strip has died, the Hamas-controlled territory’s health ministry said on Monday.
Abdullah Shamali, 20, died overnight of “bullet wounds to his belly” sustained on Friday in Rafah, near the enclave’s border with Israel, a ministry spokesman said.
Shamali was one of five Palestinian demonstrators, including a 15-year-old, killed in Gaza on Friday.
His death brings to 39 the toll from Israeli fire since the start of “March of Return” protests on March 30.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the coastal enclave, wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean, have gathered at the border on consecutive Fridays to call for Palestinian refugees to be allowed to return to their former homes now inside Israel.
Israeli occupation forces have responded with live ammunition, wounding hundreds in addition to those killed.
More than 440 demonstrators suffered bullet wounds or gas inhalation on Friday, rescuers said.
The regime in Tel Aviv has drawn harsh criticism from rights groups along with calls for investigations by the United Nations or the European Union.
The Israeli regime has for more than a decade imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza, launching three wars against the besieged territory since 2008.
