Thousands of Palestinians marched on Saturday in the funeral processions of Bilal Mustafa Khafaja 17 who was shot dead by Israeli forces at Gaza border on Friday and Ahmad Abu Tyour 16 who succumbed to wounds inflcited by Israeli soldiers at Gaza border.
Both casualties were laid to rest in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip following two funeral processions attended by thousands of angry mourners.
Khafaja was fatally shot in the chest by Israeli snipers while he was partaking in the Great March of Return protests near the border fence east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on Friday evening.
Abu Tyour was also shot and critically injured by Israeli snipers near the border but was announced dead of his wounds on Saturday morning.
More than 180 Palestinians have been killed and 19000 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza border protests on March 30. The protests call for ending the 12-year-long Israeli blockade of Gaza and for the right of return of the refugees.
