Middle East Eye: A second Palestinian protestor has died after being shot by Israeli troops during protests on the Gaza border on Friday.
Muadh al-Suri, 15, who was shot in the stomach on Friday east of the al-Bureij refugee camp, succumbed to his wounds on Saturday, Gaza ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
On Friday, Gaza’s health ministry had reported Ahmad Yaghi, 25, had been killed during the protests and that of the 220 hurt, 90 suffered wounds as a result of live fire.
An estimated 10,000 demonstrators were gathered on Friday evening along the “buffer zone” near the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, in order to participate in the Great March of Return.
The Great March of Return began on 30 March, calling for an end to the 11-year Israeli-led blockade on Gaza and for Palestinian refugees’ right of return to the lands that their families fled during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
While protesters initially came out every day for the first months of the march, in recent weeks demonstrations have mainly occurred on Fridays.