A Palestinian wounded last month during clashes on the border between Gaza and the occupied territories, succumbed to his wounds on Monday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said.
A spokesman for the ministry said in a statement “Bissam Safi, 22, died this morning”.
He said he had been hit in the head with a tear gas canister on February 22 during protests and clashes near Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
Palestinians in Gaza have been demonstrating as part of the Great March of Return for nearly a year since 30 March 2018, calling for an end to the crippling 11-year Israeli blockade of the small coastal enclave, as well as the implementation of the right of return for Palestinian refugees, who form an overwhelming majority of Gaza’s population.
More than 250 Palestinians in Gaza have been martyred and some 26,000 injured since the demonstrations began, mostly by Israeli fire during protests but also by air and tank strikes.
Source: AFP
