RAFAH, September 29, 2018 (WAFA) – Seven Palestinians, including two children, shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Friday during the Gaza border protests were laid to rest on Saturday in their hometowns across Gaza, reported WAFA correspondent.

Thousands of people took part in the funerals of Mohammad Nayef al-Houm, 14, Iyad Khalil Shaer, 20, Mohammad Walid Haniya, 24, Mohammad Bassam Shakhsa, 24, Nasser Musabbeh, 12, Mohammad Ali Inshasi, 18, and Mohammad Ashraf Awawdeh, 26.

Four were laid to rest in Gaza City, two in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, and one, the 12-year-old child, was buried in Khan Younis in the south.

Over 508 participants in the protests on Friday suffered various kinds of injuries, 90 from live bullet wounds, one reported very critical and three said in critical condition. Among the injured, 35 were children, 4 women, four paramedics, one of them hit by a live round, and two journalists.

M.N./M.K.