(14 Apr 2018) Dozens of mourners marched through the streets of Gaza City on Saturday carrying the body of Islam Hirzallah, who was killed the previous day after being shot by Israeli troops near the border with Israel.
The shooting came amid a mass protest staged by thousands of Palestinians along Gaza's sealed border with Israel on Friday, some burning large Israeli flags and torching tyres while soldiers fired tear gas and live bullets from across the border fence.
Gaza health officials said 363 people were wounded by Israeli fire or treated for tear gas inhalation, but did not provide a breakdown.
Among those hurt was a Gaza journalist who was shot in the abdomen, the officials said.
It was the third mass rally in two weeks.
The death brought to 28 the number of protesters killed in two weeks, with more than 1,500 wounded by Israeli fire since March 30, Gaza officials said.
The marches have been organised by Gaza's Hamas rulers, but large turnouts on two preceding Fridays were also driven by desperation among the territory's 2 million residents who have been enduring a crippling border closure by Israel and Egypt since 2007.
On Friday, most of the demonstrators assembled in five tent camps located several hundred metres (yards) from the border fence.
The military said that demonstrators hurled an explosive device and several fire bombs near the fence in what it said was an apparent attempt to damage it
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