Palestinian (15) killed by grenade with tear gas

gaza - A Palestinian teenager was killed in the Gaza Strip on the border with Israel on Wednesday by a tear gas grenade. It concerns the 15-year-old Ahmed Abu Habel.

Habel got the missile against his head. That has been announced by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Twenty other protesters were injured during disturbances.

An Israeli army spokesman that about a thousand demonstrators stopped at the border fence, not far from the Erez crossing point. They threw stones and other objects and set tires on fire.

Israeli units put tear gas on them and shot with rubber bullets, but where necessary it was also considered sharp, according to the spokesman.