Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen at Gaza protest - officials
According to information gained from Gaza's health ministry, one 16-year-old Palestinian teen was killed and four other demonstrators wounded by Israeli fire during the Great March of Return protest near the Gaza-Israel border.
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- Published Date: 07:05 | 29 November 2019
- Modified Date: 07:19 | 29 November 2019
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near the border fence with the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian officials said.
Residents in Gaza said a few dozen Palestinians had approached the border fence, an area in which Israel's military, citing security concerns, enforces a "no go" zone. Some in the crowd hurled stones at the barrier, residents said.
One 16-year-old was killed and four other people were wounded by live fire, Gaza's health ministry said.
Israeli soldiers have been confronted by frequent Palestinian protests that often turn violent along the Gaza border. They have used tear gas, rubber bullets and live ammunition against demonstrators.
The organisers of those protests said they had called off this week's mass-demonstration, but a smaller crowd still gathered.
Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations have been working to keep the border calm.
Gaza officials say about 210 Palestinians have been killed since the weekly protests began in March 2018. In that time an Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper along the frontier and another was killed during an undercover raid into Gaza.