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Gaza teen dies of wounds from Israeli border fire: ministry

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, July 28, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Gaza
teenager died of his wounds on Saturday after being shot by Israeli troops
during protests along the border, the health ministry in the Hamas-run
Palestinian territory said.

A ministry statement identified him as Mohmen al-Hams, 17, and said he was
shot in the chest during protests near the southern Gaza town of Rafah on
Friday.

BSS/AFP/GMR/1223 hrs