Palestinian wounded in Gaza border protests dies: Ministry

AFP  |  Gaza City 

A Palestinian shot by Israeli forces on the border four months ago has died, the health ministry in the coastal enclave has said.

Ahmed al-Ayeda, 17, was shot on March 30 -- the first day of months of protests and clashes along the border -- the ministry said in a statement late yesterday.

He had been in critical condition since being shot east of Bureij in the central Strip.

At least 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the protests began.

One Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper.

The protests are calling for Palestinians to be able to return to the land they or their families fled in the 1948 war surrounding the creation of says any such return would mean the end of it as a Jewish state.

Gaza's Islamist rulers have fought three wars with since 2008.

The and are currently trying to secure a deal between Israel and for a lasting truce.

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First Published: Mon, August 06 2018. 14:25 IST