GAZA, July 27, 2018 (WAFA) – A Palestinian who was shot in the head and critically injured by Israeli soldiers during the Friday protests at the Gaza border with Israel has died of his wounds, according to the Ministry of Health.

It said Ghazi Mohammad Abu Mustafa, 43, who was shot in the head east of Khan Younis earlier in the day, has died at hospital.

Several others, including three volunteer medics, were injured in the weekly protests taking place along the Gaza border with Israel, it said.

With Abu Mustafa‘s death, the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since March 30 amount to 153, including 18 children and two women, and around 17,000 injured, among them around 400 serious, according to Ministry of Health data.

M.K.