Mourners carry the body of the 15-year-old Palestinian boy Seif Abu Zeid, who was shot by Israeli soldiers' gunfire, during his funeral in Gaza, March 7, 2019. A 15-year-old Palestinian boy died of wounds after he was shot in the head Wednesday night during clashes with Israeli soldiers, medics said Thursday. The Health Ministry in Gaza said in a press statement that Seif Abu Zeid died in hospital just a few hours after he was shot in eastern Gaza city. Abu Zeid was one of the five Palestinians who were shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers' gunfire during clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between eastern Gaza city and Israel. (Xinhua/Yasser Qudih)
GAZA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A 15-year-old Palestinian boy died of wounds after he was shot in the head Wednesday night during clashes with Israeli soldiers, medics said Thursday.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said in a press statement that Seif Abu Zeid died in hospital just a few hours after he was shot in eastern Gaza city.
Abu Zeid was one of the five Palestinians who were shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers' gunfire during clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between eastern Gaza city and Israel.
Since February, dozens of Palestinian young men have gathered near the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel and carried out protests every night.
Islamic Hamas movement's spokesman in Gaza said in a press statement that as long as Israel is evading a calm understanding brokered by Egypt, the settlements in the suburbs of Gaza will pay the price.
On Tuesday, a senior Egyptian security intelligence delegation held talks with leaders of Hamas and other factions to boost the calm understanding and also end the internal Palestinian division and achieve reconciliation.
Egypt, the United Nations and Qatar have been mediating talks over the past few months between the Palestinian factions and Israel to reinforce the calm understanding between the two sides.
The calm understanding was reached to calm down tension between the two sides, which was a result of the "Marches of Return" protests which started almost one year ago against Israel, where 260 Palestinians killed and more than 26,000 injured.
The "Marches of Return" protests are demanding Israel to end around 12 years of blockade that had been imposed on the Gaza Strip right after Hamas had violently seized control of the coastal enclave and routed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas security forces.
