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<h1 class="reader-title">Israeli forces shoot down Gaza
protester as warplanes launch new airstrikes<br>
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<div class="reader-estimated-time">March 7, 2019<br>
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<p>Israeli Occupation Forces have fired at Palestinian
protesters during a night-time protest in the Gaza
Strip, killing a teenage boy, on the same night when
the regime’s warplanes launched fresh airstrikes on
the besieged enclave.</p>
<p>The 15-year-old boy, identified as Saif al-Deen Abu
Zeid, was shot dead by the Israeli forces during a
protest rally held in eastern Gaza on Wednesday
night, medical sources in the enclave confirmed.</p>
<p>Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said that
the boy died “due to the wounds he sustained a few
hours ago.”</p>
<p>Several other Palestinian youngsters were also
injured by live bullets.</p>
<p>The shooting came as Israeli warplanes also
launched fresh air raids on the southern Gaza Strip
town of Khan Yunis.</p>
<p>Israeli warplanes have in recent weeks increased
their airstrikes on various parts of the besieged
Strip, mostly targeting posts belonging to Hamas
movement forces and their military wing, Izz ad-Din
al-Qassam Brigades.</p>
<p>The killing of the Palestinian teen came a couple
of weeks after the Israeli regime’s forces shot dead
another Palestinian boy on February 22 and injured
dozens more in mass protests along the fence
separating the besieged Gaza Strip and the
Israeli-occupied territories.</p>
<p>The blockaded Gaza Strip has been witnessing
tensions since last March following anti-occupation
protests.</p>
<p>Palestinians have held weekly protests on the Gaza
border since last year over the siege on the enclave
and the right for refugees to return to their homes
they were forcibly expelled from during the 1948
creation of Israel.</p>
<p>More than 260 Palestinians have been killed by
Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest
rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30, 2018.
Over 26,000 Palestinians have also sustained
injuries.</p>
<p>The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14 last
year, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba
Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided with the
US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East
Jerusalem.</p>
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