GAZA, May 19, 2018 (WAFA) – A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds on Friday sustained from Israeli army gunfire during the Great March of Return protests on May 14 at the Gaza border with Israel, according to medical sources.

Yasser Sami Habib, 24, died of his wounds at St. Joseph‘s Hospital in Jerusalem, where he had been moved for medical treatment. Habib was shot and critically injured during the protests against relocating the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Two other Palestinians who were injured during the protests on May 14 also succumbed to their wounds on Thursday evening.

More than 120 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of the Great March Return protests on March 30. Over 12,000 others were injured, according to Ministry of Health figures, many remain in critical condition.

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