Gaza teen dies after being shot on Israel border: ministry

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A Palestinian teenager died on Thursday after being shot by Israeli fire on the Gaza border, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry said.

Abdel Fattah Abu Azoum, 17, was shot in the head earlier on Thursday near Rafah in southern Gaza.

The Israeli army said the man and another were seeking to breach the border.

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