GAZA, April 20, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces on Friday shot and killed two Palestinian protesters, including a minor, on Gaza-Israel border to the east of Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing up the number of Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli army today to four, according to the Ministry of Health.

Mohammad Ibrahim Ayyoub, 15, and Sa’ad Abu Taha were shot with live ammunition and killed while partaking in the non-violent protests of the ongoing Great March of Return at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

Over 445 protesters were also injured by live ammunition or rubber-coated rounds or suffered suffocation from teargas inhalation as Israeli forces cracked down on the protests.

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