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Gaza protests: All the latest updates

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Since the protests began on March 30, Israeli forces have killed at least Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave and wounded more than 18, people, according to health officials in Gaza.

Israeli special forces infiltrated an area near the southern city of Khan Younis late on Sunday in a covert raid to assassinate Hamas members. Among those reported killed in the attack was Nour Baraka, a prominent commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. Israeli forces have fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at Palestinians protesting along the fence of Israel, killing at least five of them and wounding a further , according to medical officials. The death and injury toll was provided by Ashraf al-Qifra, spokesperson for the health ministry in Gaza. Some of those wounded were taken to hospital for treatment, while others got medical assistance in the field clinics along the border.

Israeli soldiers have wounded at least Palestinians including 25 children, according to the spokesman for the Palestinian health ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra. The official said protesters had been targeted with live ammunition and that there had not been any Palestinian fatality thus far during Friday's protest. It was the 30th consecutive Friday that Palestinian demonstrators converged on the Gaza-Israel buffer zone to protest Israel's decades-long occupation. The seven victims were identified as: The Gaza health ministry has confirmed that year-old Faris al-Sirsawi has been killed near the fence east of the coastal enclave by Israeli sniper fire.

Mahmoud Akram Abu Samaan, 24, was also shot and killed while Hussein al-Raqab, 28, succumbed to his wounds in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after being shot at earlier. According to the ministry's spokesperson Ashra al-Qidra, others have been wounded, including a parademic and a journalist, with seven in serious condition. A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations along Gaza's northern border with Israel.

Ahmed Abu Habel, 15, succumbed to a head wound after being hit with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers near a checkpoint between Israel and the besieged enclave. Twenty-four others were injured, t he spokesperson for Gaza's health ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra said.

Israel's military did not comment on the specific incident but a spokeswoman told AFP that soldiers had "fired live rounds in accordance with the rules of engagement" as protesters massed along the border. The spokesperson for Gaza's health ministry confirmed the killing of six protesters and the wounding of others on the 27th Friday of protests. Mohammed Nayef al-Houm, 14, was shot in the chest by Israeli sniper fire east of al-Bureij in Gaza's middle district.

Iyad Khalil al-Shaaer, 18, was also killed during the protests, the ministry's spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra said. A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli sniper and dozens of others were wounded during ongoing protests at the border fence. Karim Mohammed Kallab, 25, died after being shot in the stomach during protests east of Gaza City. More than other people were wounded, including 54 shot with live ammunition, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. The Israeli army said more than 10, people gathered at multiple locations along the border fence.

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Soldiers responded with live fire "in accordance with standard operating procedures". An Israeli aircraft also carried out attacks in Gaza.

A position belonging to Hamas was hit, according to witnesses. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he is ready to resume peace negotiations with Israel. Israel and the US suggested recently that Palestinian leaders were to blame for the stalling of peace talks. Palestinians say Israel's continued construction of settlements , among other issues, is to blame. Teenager killed in southern Gaza.

The Gaza health ministry has confirmed the death of a Palestinian teen after he was shot in the head by Israeli sniper fire east of Rafah in the southern strip. Ashraf al-Qidra, the ministry's spokesperson, said Mo'men Abu Ayadeh, 15, was killed early Thursday morning while he was in one of the main "right of return" encampments set up along the fence with Israel.

Two Palestinians killed overnight by Israeli air attack in Khan Younis. The bodies of two Palestinians were recovered by Red Crescent medics on the fence in the southern Gaza Strip, after an Israeli warplane targeted them late Monday night. Gaza's health ministry later identified the men as year-old Naji Abuasi and year-old Alaa Abuasi.

In a statement, the Israeli army said they targeted a group of "terrorists" who were seen near the fence acting in a "suspicious" way. Suheib Abu Kashif, 16, has died from his injuries sustained in a protest on August 3, Gaza's healthy ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. The spokesperson for Gaza's ministry confirmed the killing of three protesters and the wounding of others on the 25th Friday of protests.

Mohammed Shaqoura, 21, was shot in the chest by Israeli sniper fire east of of al-Bureij in Gaza's middle district.

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A child whose body was taken to the Indonesian Hospital was later identified as Shadi Abdelaziz Abdulal, 12 who was shot east of Jabalia in northern Gaza. A Palestinian teen has died of his wounds a day after he was shot by Israeli troops during a protest on the fence with Israel according to health officials in the Gaza Strip. Ahmad Abu Tayoor, 17, was shot late on Friday close to the southern city of Rafah, the health ministry said.

Another year-old Palestinian, Belal Khafaja, was shot dead on Friday. At least other protesters, including 15 children, suffered injuries. The Israeli army said in a statement on Saturday that it was opening an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two young protesters. Palestinian teen killed, more than wounded in the eastern Gaza Strip. One Palestinian has been killed by Israeli forces in the eastern Gaza Strip, according to health officials in Gaza.

Qidra also said that an ambulance belonging to the Red Crescent was targeted by Israeli forces north of the Strip, resulting in broken windows and injuring one medic. Mueen al-Masry, who was hit in the chest with a tear gas canister inside the vehicle, was taken to the nearest hospital for treatment. Israeli forces fired live bullets and tear gas at protesters near the fence with Israel, wounding at least Palestinians, according to health officials in Gaza.

Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesperson for Gaza's ministry of health, said a second Palestinian had been shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday. Health officials said other protesters were wounded, including four medics who suffocated from tear gas. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 10 Palestinians have been injured near the Israeli fence. There have also been reports circulating in Israeli media of an Egypt-UN mediated agreement between Hamas and Israel being reached, which includes an extended ceasefire.

Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip are set to stage a protest against Israel's nearly year land, air and sea blockade of the enclave. Protest organisers told Al Jazeera that around 40 to 50 boats are expected to leave the Gaza port on Saturday and sail north towards Israel. Last month, Israel's defence minister restricted Gaza's fishing boundaries from six to three nautical miles off the coast.

The Israeli navy intercept ships attempting to breach the naval blockade, and often fire on fishermen who cross into restricted areas. The visit is part of an ongoing effort to lower tensions between Hamas and Israel. The talks are expected to focus on the details of a ceasefire proposal. Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford, reporting from Gaza, said that no lines have come out of the meetings so far. Thousands of Palestinians on Saturday attended funerals for three Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire a day earlier.

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Mourners laid volunteer paramedic Abdullah al-Qutiti, 22, to rest in the southern city of Rafah. A year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire during protests on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, taking the previous day's death toll to three, the territory's health ministry said. He was among at least Palestinians wounded by Israeli bullets during Friday's protests, even as an informal truce agreed after a deadly flare-up between Gaza's rulers Hamas and the Israeli army largely held.

The health ministry identified the dead man as Ahmed Abu Louli and said he was shot in a section of the border east of the southern city of Rafah, where two other Palestinians were also killed. Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians, including one volunteer paramedic, according to health officials in the Gaza Strip, as protesters gathered along the Israeli border fence for the 20th week.

Abdullah al-Qatiti, a year-old paramedic, and Saeed Aloul, 55, were shot and killed in southern Gaza on Friday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. Hundreds of others were injured, with being treated on the field and taken to hospital , added al- Qidra. This week's protests, which follow deadly Israeli air attacks and artillery shelling on the besieged enclave, began at around The demonstrations come a day after Hamas and Israel reached an Egypt-brokered deal to end the flare-up in violence. But the Israeli government has not officially confirmed the agreement.

The Israeli military launched more than attacks after about rockets were fired from the coastal enclave. A statement by Hamas' military force said it was responsible for the rockets. It said the Palestinian "resistance" had fired a large number of projectiles at "enemy positions in the Gaza envelope". The death of a pregnant Palestinian mother and her child in this latest escalation is a tragic loss. A Palestinian teenager has died from his wounds after being shot in the abdomen by Israeli forces during a protest on Friday. Muaz al-Suri, 15, was demonstrating near Gaza's fence with Israel when he was shot east of the Bureij refugee camp.

He died early Saturday, the health ministry said. A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli soldiers and at least others were wounded during protests near the fence with Israel in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials. Ahmed Yaghi, 25, was killed by a sniper east of Gaza city, health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said. Several exiled Hamas leaders have entered Gaza to discuss a ceasefire deal brokered by Egypt and the UN. Prominent leader Saleh al-Arouri, who is wanted by Israel, returned from Lebanon for the first time since to attend the talks scheduled for Friday.

He crossed the border from Egypt on Thursday, after Egyptian and UN assurances over his safety, with eight other Hamas leaders based outside the besieged Gaza Strip. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also delayed a visit to Colombia and called a special cabinet meeting on Sunday to monitor developments. A Gaza teenager died of his wounds on Saturday after being shot by Israeli troops during protests along the border.

The health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory in a statement identified him as Mohmen al-Hams, He was shot in the chest during protests near the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Friday. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the health ministry in Gaza, said the boy was killed east of Khan Younis. His killing raises the number of Palestinians shot dead on Friday to two.

Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker, reporting from the protest site in Gaza, said the Israeli military was also using drones to drop tear gas on demonstrators. Closer to the fence, Israeli snipers keep watch and sporadically open fire. A female protester told Al Jazeera that the poor living conditions in the besieged enclave were pushing people to go out and demand their rights. It's painful, we will keep standing, we will come here to show the whole world we want our rights.

At least Palestinians were wounded by Israeli forces on Friday, of whom needed hospital treatment, said al-Qidra. Seventy cases involved live bullets. Among the wounded were 14 children and 10 women, as well as four paramedics and one journalist. A total of Palestinians have been killed since the Great March of Return protests started on March Stratford said that Israeli soldiers also used "a lot of tear gas" against protesters, with much of it fired from drones.

Hamas says that these people have every right to continue demonstrating and describe this form of protest using incendiary balloons and kites as being peaceful and they say they have every right to defend the people of Gaza using their weapons. According to Palestinian news agency Wafa, Mustafa was shot in the head and subsequently taken to a hospital, where he died of his wounds. The total number of Palestinians killed so far in the ongoing protests since late March is now More than 16, others have been wounded.

Half of those suffering wounds were hit by live gunfire, and at least 60 of them have had a limb amputated. Ahmed al-Bsous, 28, Ubadah Farawneh, 29 and Mohamed al-Aareer, 27, died of their wounds shortly upon arriving at the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. Israeli officials have yet to comment on the ceasefire announced by Hamas earlier in the morning. Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire early on Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Palestinian group governing the besieged Gaza Strip.

Strategic Affairs Ministry: Palestinian incitement against Israel rising

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian during the protests in the Gaza Strip near the fence with Israel, raising the number of Palestinians killed on Friday to four. Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and teargas canisters towards the protesters along the fence, killing Mohammad Sharif Badwan and wounding others, according to health officials in Gaza.

The killing of Badwan, 27, came after Hamas said three of its members were killed earlier in the day in air strikes in the southern part of the Strip. The military said a "terrorist squad" fired at troops and one soldier was severely injured and later died of his wounds. He was the first Israeli military fatality in months of violence along the Gaza fence. The targets, allegedly belonging to Hamas, were attacked as a result of Friday's shooting incidents in which at least one Israeli soldier was wounded.

IAF jets recently conducted a wide-scale attack against Hamas military targets throughout the Gaza Strip following a severe shooting attack against IDF soldiers this afternoon. The IDF is currently conducting the attack in various locations. Israeli soldiers have been put on high alert, the spokesperson for the Israeli army added. Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker, reporting from the protests in Gaza, said tensions were on the rise despite the relatively small crowd that showed up. Israel has made it very clear that if Hamas doesn't stop the incendiary balloons and kites across the fence that it will clamp down heavily militarily.

As protests along the fence with Israel entered the 17th straight week, Israel on Friday attacked Hamas positions in the Strip, killing at least three people, according to health officials in Gaza. However, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since , said three of its members had been killed by Israeli air raids and tank fire in Khan Younis and Rafah. The Israeli army said the attacks were in response to shots being fired at their troops along the Gaza fence.

Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker, reporting from the protests in Gaza, said tensions were on the rise.

Palestinian-Israeli tensions rise as protesters clash with soldiers, in pictures

We've had Israel target three Hamas watchtowers. In the south of Gaza, two Palestinians were killed and one Israeli soldier was injured in what we understand was an exchange of fire in the southern Gaza Strip," Dekker said. Earlier on Friday, Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Liebermann said that there is a risk of military escalation if incendiary kites and balloons continue to be sent over the fence by protesters. An air raid by the Israeli air force killed one Palestinian and wounded three others, in an attack east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the health ministry said.

A family member said on Thursday that the man killed was working as a border policeman in the Hamas-run enclave. Israel said one of its aircraft targeted a group launching balloons carrying firebombs over the border fence to burn Israeli farmland. Israel's fire service says hundreds of fires have burned about 3, hectares, causing damage amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

On Wednesday, Israel tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, preventing gas and fuel deliveries through its only commercial crossing with the Palestinian besieged enclave a week after Israeli authorities announced the closure of the crossing. Initially, only items deemed as "humanitarian" were to be allowed to enter Gaza, such as food, hygiene and medical supplies, fuel, animal feed and livestock. However, the defence ministry announced late on Monday that fuel and gas deliveries would also be suspended, and that the crossing would remain open only for food and medicine on a case-by-case basis.

Furthermore, the fishing zone, enforced by Israel, in the waters off the Gaza Strip would also be reduced from six nautical miles to three - after it was already reduced last week from 12 nautical miles. Two teenagers in the Gaza Strip were killed by Israeli air raids on Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials, as Israel carried out the largest daylight attack on the besieged enclave since the war. Amir al-Nimra, 15, and Luay Kaheel, 16, died of their wounds on Saturday shortly after an air strike targeted al-Kateeba, an area in western Gaza, the health ministry said.

The al-Kateeba square is adjacent to a park frequently visited by families over the weekend, especially during the summer months. Hamas has condemned an Israeli decision to seal off the Karam Abu Salem commercial border crossing, the primary passageway that transfers necessities to residents of the besieged Gaza Strip. The group, which governs the enclave, described Monday's measure as a "crime against the people of Gaza", blaming the international community's prolonged silence that encourages Israel's blockade on Gaza.

Earlier on Monday, Israel said it will be closing off the Karam Abu Salem border crossing, saying it was in retaliation over Palestinians setting fire to Israeli land. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision to shut down the border was taken in coordination with the country's defence minister.

The move, which will come into effect on Tuesday, will only allow for the transfer of humanitarian needs such as cooking gas as well as wheat and flour into Gaza, an official responsible for coordinating the movement of cargo through the border confirmed to Al Jazeera from Gaza. Health officials in Gaza said two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire during demonstrations. Hundreds of other protesters were also wounded. Mohammad Fawzi Hamaydeh, 24, was also pronounced dead shortly after being shot by Israeli live fire in the abdomen and foot, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Among the wounded at Friday's demonstration, 11 were children. Three of the injured cases were severe. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for Gaza's health ministry, said that year-old Mohammad Jamal Abu Halima was killed after being shot in the chest. Ahmed Ziad al-Assi, 21, died on Thursday morning east of the Gaza Strip as a result of wounds inflicted by Israeli forces on June 8, according to Palestinian health officials. Israeli forces shot al-Assi in the head during the 11th Friday of the Great March of Return protests. His death takes the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the protests began to at least There are no vetoes in the member world body, but while Security Council resolutions are legally binding, General Assembly resolutions are not.

Health officials in the Gaza Strip say the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during protests near the fence with Israel has risen to four. Yousef al-Fasih, 29, was shot dead while demonstrating in the eastern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency Wafa said. More than people were wounded by Israeli forces, including photographer Mohammed Abed al-Baba, who was shot in the leg.

Palestinian-Israeli tensions rise as protesters clash with soldiers, in pictures - Telegraph

Today my brilliant photographer colleague Mohammed Abed al-Baba was shot in the leg by Israeli fire in northern Gaza. He was around metres from the border fence, wearing a press vest, he says. Al-Baba, who has worked for AFP news agency in the Gaza Strip since , was shot while clearly identified in a press vest and helmet, around metres from the fence east of Jabalia in northern Gaza. Our medical team has been working Shifa Hospital in Gaza today helping to treat the wounded. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from the protests in the Gaza Strip, says Israeli forces are firing teargas at protesters.

Health officials in the Gaza Strip say Israeli forces have killed at least three Palestinians and injured more than during protests near the fence with Israel. Of those injured, 92 protesters sustained live fire wounds, including seven who are critically wounded. Twenty-six children and 14 women are among the wounded. Gaza's health ministry says at least Palestinian protesters near the fence with Israel have been wounded by Israeli forces.

Reporting from the border, Al Jazeera's Imran Khan said: Protest organisers have urged people to stay away from the buffer zone to avoid casualties, Khan said. The Israeli army has warned people in Gaza not to come close to the border with Israel during Friday's protests, a day when a big turnout is expected. In a series of tweets issued on Thursday, the Israeli army said they had dropped leaflets in Gaza warning people from approaching the security fence.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the leaflets urged people in Gaza "not to let Hamas turn you into a tool to serve its narrow interests". The IDF is again warning the people Gaza not to serve as Hamas' tool — as they have been in the violent riots of recent months. Mohammed Naaim Hamada, 30, died on Sunday morning east of the Gaza Strip as a result of wounds inflicted by Israeli forces on May 14, according to Palestinian health officials.

Hamada's death takes the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the protests began to at least The year-old volunteer paramedic died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the Palestinian health ministry said. Wearing a white uniform, "she raised her hands high in a clear way, but Israeli soldiers fired, and she was hit in the chest", the witness told Reuters news agency.

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Palestinian medical sources say more than other protesters were wounded, 40 of them with live fire. Read more about the struggle of medical workers to provide healthcare amid shootings by Israeli forces here. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from the rally in Gaza, said the demonstrations "showed no signs of ending". It is still seen by many Palestinians here in Gaza as a way of venting their continued desperation with the worsening humanitarian situation.

At that point, this strategy of peaceful protests could perhaps change. The US will "unquestionably veto" a UN draft resolution which calls for "the consideration of measures to guarantee the safety and protection" of Palestinian civilians. US Ambassador Nikki Haley called the Kuwait-sponsored resolution "grossly one-sided" and "morally bankrupt".

The draft resolution "deplores" and calls for a halt to "the use of any excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force" by the Israeli military. It also "deplores the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israeli civilian areas". Israeli forces shot al-Saai on Monday as they fired live ammunition, tear gas and firebombs at protesters during demonstrations that coincided with the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.

The protests also came a day before Palestinians marked 70 years since the Nakba, or Catastrophe, the day on which the state of Israel was established on May 15, , in a violent ethnic cleansing campaign. Mohammed Mazin Alian, a year-old man, also succumbed to his wounds on Saturday after he was shot by Israeli forces on Monday east of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Israeli army has said it launched overnight air raids on Hamas "infrastructure in military compounds" and "weapons production" facilities in the north of the besieged enclave of Gaza. The army alleged the "strikes were conducted in response to the heavy machine gun fire that targeted the city of Sderot" in the south. While Hamas has not officially responded to the attacks, a security official from the movement told Anadolu Agency that several of its positions had been targeted.

The Palestinian envoy to Washington has been recalled to Ramallah in protest over the US relocating its embassy to Jerusalem. Husam Zomlot was instructed to return by President Mahmoud Abbas, the foreign ministry announced in a statement. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page.

The report, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Strategic and Public Affairs, deals with Palestinian incitement against Israel is expected to be published monthly and distributed among government officials, the defense establishment and foreign missions in Israel. It outlines how under the pretext of the 25th anniversary of the Oslo agreements and the expected demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar , Palestinian factions are carrying out systematic, antisemitic incitement against Israel, calling for a third Intifada and attempting to organize a boycott of the Eurovision song contest taking place in Tel Aviv next year, the report claimed.

Meanwhile, Gaza residents are called upon to continue rioting along the border fence through inciting cartoons published on Hamas-affiliated networks, impelling them to harass IDF forces, attempt to break through the fence and use several means of force against the IDF.

Gilad Erdan Likud , the minister of public security and strategic affairs, reacted to the report by calling out the Palestinian Authority, under the leadership of Abbas, and Hamas for "constantly trying to undermine Israel's image and position in the world and to boycott it when it appears that the dream of destroying the State of Israel has not been abandoned.

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