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Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager at Gaza Protest

HeadlineOct 04, 2018

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Wednesday as he joined a protest near the separation barrier with Israel. Gaza health officials say the teenager died after he was struck in the head by a tear gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier. This is Palestinian medic Basheer Hussein.

Basheer Hussein: “A canister this size, around 12 centimeters, 15 centimeters, entered his head. He was bleeding, and we could not control it. He was bleeding so much from his brain.”

Israeli soldiers have killed at least 193 Palestinians since the March 30 Great March of Return protests began in the besieged Gaza Strip. Another 18,000 Palestinians have been injured, according to health officials in Gaza.

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