A four-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being injured by terrorist Israeli gunfire at a routine protest near the fence with Israel, Gaza's health authorities said.
The Ministry of Health spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qidra, said that Ahmed Abu Abed martyred late on Tuesday.
"Ahmed Abu Abed, aged four years and eight months, martyred as a result of the wounds he received last Friday east of Khan Younis," al-Qudra said in a statement on Tuesday.
In the hospital where the boy martyred, 38-year-old Bassem told AFP news agency he was the child's uncle.
He said Abu Abed was injured by shrapnel when his father was shot during regular Friday protests, dubbed the Great March of Return.
The boy's funeral will take place on Wednesday.
A fragile calm has taken over the besieged enclave since an Egyptian-brokered deal between Hamas and Israel was announced last month.