A Palestinian boy succumbed to his wounds on Thursday after he was hit by Israeli tank shell fired toward eastern Rafah to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Israeli army fired a tank shell at two Palestinians when they approached the border fence hitting the two who were rushed to Abu Youssef al-Najar hospital. One of them was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the casualty as 17-year-old Abdul Fatah Abu Azoum.
Sometime earlier medical sources said one youth was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate injuries.
Hours earlier the Israeli army stationed at the Gaza border had opened fire at four Palestinians who approached the fence injuring one said to be 15 years of age who was left bleeding on the ground until he was arrested by Israeli soldiers and taken into Israeli-occupied territory.
