Gazan protester dies after border clash with Israeli forces

Jamal Muslih from Al Bureij refugee camp in Gaza was seriously wounded by live fire on Friday. His death has brought the number of Palestinians killed in the protests against US President Donald Trump's decision over Jerusalem to 13.

A masked Palestinian demonstrator is seen during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest near the West Bank city of Nablus against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. December 29, 2017.
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A masked Palestinian demonstrator is seen during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest near the West Bank city of Nablus against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. December 29, 2017.

A Gazan died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the border over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a Palestinian health official said.

Jamal Muslih, 20, of Al Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, had been seriously wounded by live fire on Friday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.

His death brings to 13 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. At least 11 protesters have died in clashes with Israeli troops, and two others were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza earlier in the month.

More than 50 Palestinians were wounded in Friday's clashes on the Gaza-Israel border as part of another "day of rage" over the US declaration, called for by both Gaza's Hamas and militant group Islamic Jihad.

In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said at least 16 people were wounded when Israeli troops fired live rounds during demonstrations, while others were hit with rubber-coated bullets.

Earlier on Friday, militants in Gaza fired three rockets at southern Israel, two of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defence system, with the third hitting a village near the border, causing damage but no casualties.

Israeli aircraft and tanks targeted two Hamas positions near the border in response, again causing damage but no casualties.

Rockets from Gaza are often fired by fringe Islamist groups but Israel holds Hamas responsible for all attacks from the territory.

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