Palestinian child dies week after being shot at Gaza border

RAMALLAH – A 12-year-old Palestinian lad who was changeable successful the caput by Israeli occurrence during a convulsive objection astatine the Gaza-Israeli borderline past week died of his wounds Saturday, Gaza wellness officials said.

Hassan Abu al-Neil was changeable Aug. 21 during the objection organized by Gaza’s Hamas rulers to protestation the crippling blockade imposed by Egypt and Israel.

Violence erupted erstwhile Palestinian protesters began throwing rocks and explosives astatine Israeli troops adjacent the fortified border. Israeli troops responded by opening fire, wounding implicit 40 Palestinians, including al-Neil.

Another Palestinian man, aboriginal identified arsenic a subordinate of Hamas’ subject wing, died from his wounds Wednesday.

An Israeli worker remains successful captious information aft being changeable successful the caput from constituent blank scope by a protestor during the clashes.

Later Saturday, Hamas-linked operatives launched a fig of incendiary balloons from Gaza, sparking 2 fires successful confederate Israel, according to the Israeli Fire Service.

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There were nary contiguous reports of immoderate injuries. But Israel often responds to the fires with airstrikes connected Hamas targets

Over the past weeks, Hamas has launched incendiary balloons respective times into confederate Israel, resulting successful aggregate fires connected the Israeli broadside of the border.

Hamas besides planned different borderline protestation Saturday nighttime successful an effort to support unit connected Israel to easiness the blockade.

A protestation connected Wednesday passed without superior violence. Under unit from Egyptian mediators, Hamas kept demonstrators distant from the separation fence. But it was not instantly known whether Hamas would summation the strength of the protests connected Saturday.

Following Wednesday’s protest, Israel said it was easing immoderate of the commercialized restrictions connected Gaza, allowing vehicles, goods and instrumentality for rebuilding projects to participate the Palestinian enclave. Israel’s Defense Ministry said the easing could grow further if things stay quiet.

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Egypt, which had closed its borderline crossing with Gaza to enactment unit connected Hamas, besides partially reopened the crossing to let a airy travel of postulation to participate Gaza from Egypt.

The Israeli authorities reached an statement with Qatar connected Aug. 19 allowing the gulf state to resume assistance payments to families successful the Gaza Strip, a determination aimed astatine reducing tensions with Hamas successful the aftermath of May’s 11-day war. Israel suspended assistance payments successful May and said the determination was indispensable to guarantee Hamas did not payment from currency injections.

Israel has fought 4 wars and galore smaller battles with Hamas since the Islamic militant radical took power of Gaza successful 2007, a twelvemonth aft winning a Palestinian predetermination

At slightest 260 Palestinians were killed during May’s Gaza-Israel war, including 67 children and 39 women, according to the Gaza wellness ministry. Hamas has acknowledged the deaths of 80 militants. Twelve civilians, including 2 children, were killed successful Israel, on with 1 soldier.

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