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A Palestinian teenager was killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border, the health ministry said in the enclave.
Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 15-year-old Ahmed Abu Habel succumbed to a head injury after being hit by a tear gas canister fired by soldiers near from a checkpoint between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
There have been months of demonstrations and clashes along the Gaza border.
Yesterday's incident took place in the Beit Hanoun area of the northern Gaza Strip, near the Erez crossing point for Israel.
At least 195 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli gunfire since demonstrations began on 30 March.
An Israeli soldier was killed in the border area during the same period.
Israel said its actions were necessary to defend the border and stop infiltrations and attacks, accusing Hamas, the movement that runs the Gaza Strip, of orchestrating it. Palestinians and human rights groups say demonstrators have been shot dead without the threat being real.
Israeli and Palestinian fighters stranded in Gaza have waged three wars since 2008. Demonstrations have called for Palestinian refugees to return to their former homes, currently in Israel.
More than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were deported during the 1948 war that surrounded the creation of Israel. Israel says that allowing the so-called right of return would mean the end of the country as a Jewish state. Last Friday, seven Palestinians, including one aged 12 and 14, were killed in clashes with Israeli forces along the Gaza border. It was the bloodiest day of the border demonstrations since May 14, when more than 60 Palestinians died in the violence that accompanied the inauguration of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, a decision that made the Palestinians furious.
Demonstrations saw Palestinians throwing stones and burning tires.
Israel says protesters have also targeted soldiers with explosive devices, grenades and shots, while infiltrations have been attempted.
Israeli snipers were placed on the other side of the fence. The months of unrest have also resulted in several exchanges of rockets or mortars fired by Hamas and Israeli air strikes.
At the same time, Israel yesterday denied Palestinian allegations that wandering Israeli shelling killed a 78-year-old Palestinian near the Gaza border on Tuesday.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the man was reportedly shot dead while in his camp at Maghazi refugee camp, near the central border between Gaza and Israel, after being wounded. Gunshot.
The shot was apparently a wandering shot of the Israeli army aimed at Palestinians trying to cross the fence that separates Gaza from Israel, said Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Sabah. Qedra.
An Israeli army spokesman said that the army had not used gunshots in the central Gaza Strip border area and that it was no longer in danger. There had been no known incidents of disturbance along the border at that time.
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