GAZA CITY: Palestinian teenager died on Sunday, nine days after being wounded by Israeli fire during a Gaza protest against US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the health ministry said.

Mohammad Sami Al Dahduh, 19, from Gaza City was shot on Dec.15 during a demonstration on the Israeli border, ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra said.

His death brings to 12 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on Dec.6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv.

Ten protesters have died after clashes with Israeli troops, two of them on Friday. Two others were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza earlier in the month.

Among the Gazans killed in the Dec.15 clashes was Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh, who had lost his legs in an Israeli attack a decade ago.

The health ministry in Gaza said the 29-year-old was shot in the head by a sniper, with the UN's human rights chief saying he was "truly shocked" by Abu Thurayeh's death, demanding an "independent and impartial investigation."

On Dec.18, the Israeli army said it conducted an investigation, according to which it was "impossible to determine whether Abu Thurayeh was injured as a result of riot dispersal means or what caused his death."

"No live fire was aimed at Abu Thurayeh," the army said in a statement.


Agence France-Presse