Gazan dies of wounds from border clash

POST TIME: 24 December, 2017 00:00 00 AM / LAST MODIFIED: 23 December, 2017 09:46:46 PM

AFP

Gazan dies of wounds from border clash

A Palestinian protester dressed in a Santa Clause outfit confronts an Israeli borderguard during a demonstration at the main entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem yesterday. Inset, relatives of Mohammed Mohaisen, who was killed in clashes east of Gaza City, mourn yesterday during his funeral. AFP Photo

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian died yesterday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the Gaza border against US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the health ministry said, reports AFP.

Sharaf Shalash, 28, sustained bullet wounds last Sunday during a demonstration east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.

His death brings to 11 the number of Palestinians who have been killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv.

Nine died in clashes with Israeli troops.Two were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza.

The third Friday since US President Donald Trump’s controversial announcement on Jerusalem was again billed by Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas as a “day of rage”.