Two young Palestinians die of Israeli gunshot wounds in Gaza

Two young Palestinians have succumbed to injuries they sustained during the Israeli regime military’s crackdown against anti-occupation mass protests in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks.

Mahmoud Wahba, 17, who had been wounded by Zionist regime snipers in Gaza on April 1, died on Monday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry said

According to his brother, medics informed them of Mahmoud's martyrdom just hours after they got permission to take him abroad for treatment.

The other victim, Abdullah Shamali, 20, died overnight of “bullet wounds to his belly” sustained on Friday in Rafah, near the fence separating Gaza from the Israeli-occupied lands, according to the ministry.

He was one of five Palestinian protesters, including a 15-year-old, identified as Mohammed Ibrahim Ayyoub, killed or fatally wounded in Gaza on Friday.

The recent fatalities bring to 40 the death toll from Israel’s use of lethal force since the start of protests along the Gaza border on March 30.

More than 4,000 have so far been wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Over 700 alone sustained injuries near the border fence on Friday, it added

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