Palestinian Shot at Gaza Border Rally Dies of Injury

A Palestinian young man on Monday night succumbed to a serious injury sustained during his participation in a March of Return rally on the Gaza border.

News ID: 443893

Date: 13 March 2019 - 21:13

RNA - 23-year-old Mousa Mousa, from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, was injured in a protest near the border on March 1, according to the health ministry, Palinfo reported.

Mousa was the second Palestinian who died of wounds from Israeli gunfire in recent days.

A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead at dawn Monday after he succumbed to an injury he sustained during his participation in a March of Return rally staged in the East of Khan Younis, South of Gaza.

According to the health ministry in Gaza, 22-year-old Bassam Safi died of a serious injury after an Israeli tear gas canister directly hit his head last February.

His death has brought the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers since the March of Return rallies staged in late March 2018 to 271 martyrs.

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