Funeral held for Palestinian teen shot dead at March of Return protest

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Palestinian teenager Yousef Saeed Dayeh in Gaza City on Saturday.

News ID: 443628

Date: 24 February 2019 - 15:43

RNA - According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the youth died during the weekly Great March of Return demonstrations on Friday, after he was reportedly hit in the chest by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces.

The Great March of Return, launched in late March 2018, forms a series of protests along the Israeli-Palestinian border to demand the right for Palestinians to return to their families' pre-1948 homes.

At least 168 Palestinians have reportedly been killed and a further 15,000 injured since the beginning of the weekly demonstrations.

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