Jerusalem protests: Gaza teenager wounded by Israeli fire dies
Mohammad Sami al Dahduh succumbed to his wounds nine days after Israeli forces shot him during a demonstration on Gaza-Israel border, officials say.
A Palestinian protestor dressed-up as Father Christmas throws stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes at Atarot checkpoint on the northern outskirts of Jerusalem on December 19, 2017.
A Palestinian teenager died on Sunday, nine days after being wounded by Israeli fire during a Gaza protest against unilateral US declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the health ministry said.
Mohammad Sami al Dahduh, 19, from Gaza City was shot on December 15 during a demonstration on the Gaza-Israel border, ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said.
His death brings to 12 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv.
Ten protesters were shot dead in clashes with Israeli troops, two of them on Friday. Two others were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza earlier in the month.
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Killing of wheelchair-bound protester
Among the Gazans killed in the December 15 clashes was Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh, who had lost his legs in an Israeli attack a decade ago.
The health ministry in Gaza said the 29-year-old was shot in the head by a sniper, with the UN's human rights chief saying he was "truly shocked" by Abu Thurayeh's death, demanding an "independent and impartial investigation".
On December 18, the Israeli army said it conducted an investigation, according to which it was "impossible to determine whether Abu Thurayeh was injured as a result of riot dispersal means or what caused his death".
Isolated US keeps backing Israel
Trump's move has been widely condemned.
On December 22, a UN General Assembly resolution backed by 128 countries condemned US unilateral declaration despite threats from Washington to block financial aid to countries backing the Palestinians.
The UNGA resolution came few days after the US vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution rejecting Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The binding resolution could not be adopted despite 14 other council members supporting it.
The Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of an independent state. East Jerusalem was captured by Israel in a 1967 war and annexed it in a move never recognised internationally.
Israel considers Jerusalem its eternal capital and wants all embassies based there.
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