Two Palestinians, who were injured during Monday’s Gaza protests, died on Saturday from the gunshot wounds they sustained from Israeli troops, the health ministry in the coastal strip announced.
The two men killed were 20-year-old Mohammed Mazen Alyan and 58-year-old Moein Abdel-Hamid Al-Saai, the ministry said in a statement.
It added that Alyan was wounded east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, while other medical sources reported Al-Saai was wounded to the east of Gaza City.
The two were shot Monday when Israeli troops killed 59 Palestinians in what turned out to be the deadliest day of cross-border violence in recent years. It marked the climax of weeks of mass protests at the border with Israel.
Monday’s protest saw thousands demonstrate against the US officially moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Since March 30, Palestinian marchers have been demanding the right to return to their homes seized by Israel in 1948 at the time of its creation.
A total of 118 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel since then, according to authorities in Gaza, which is run by the Hamas movement.
Israel’s use of live ammunition has drawn international outrage and calls for a probe.
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted on Friday to set up a commission of inquiry to look into the Israeli actions.
Meeting in a special session in Geneva, the council voted 29-2 with 14 abstentions to back a resolution that also condemned "the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians."
The "independent, international commission of inquiry" mandated by the council will be asked to produce a final report in March 2019.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein backed calls for an international inquiry and questioned Israel's assertion that its security forces tried to minimize casualties.
"There is little evidence of any attempt to minimize casualties on Monday," he said.
