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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Gaza- Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Wounded in Gaza Border Clashes Dies

For nearly a year Palestinian protesters have been gathering along the Gaza border calling for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to be allowed to return to former homes now inside Israel | AFP

A Palestinian wounded last month during clashes on the Gaza border succumbed to his wounds on Monday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said.

A spokesman for the ministry said in a statement "Bissam Safi, 22, died this morning".

He said he had been hit in the head with a tear gas canister on February 22 during the March of Return protest on the Gaza border near Khan Younis on February 22.

For nearly a year protesters have been gathering along the border calling for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to be allowed to return to former homes now inside Israel.

Israeli officials say that amounts to calling for the Jewish state's destruction and accuse the Gaza Strip's rulers Hamas of orchestrating the protests.

At least 254 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the protests began in March 2018, the majority shot during weekly border protests and clashes.

Others have been hit by tank fire or airstrikes.

Over the same period, only two Israeli soldiers have been killed.

Israel and Hamas, which has controlled the blockaded Gaza Strip for over a decade, have fought three wars since 2008.

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