GAZA CLASH KILLS BOY, 12

JERUSALEM: A 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot last week by Israeli soldiers during clashes along the border with Gaza has died of his injuries, the territory’s health ministry said on Saturday.

Omar Hassan Abu al-Nile was hit during clashes last Saturday on the sidelines of a demonstration near the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and the Jewish state, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.

Around 100 mourners attended his funeral in the afternoon.

The August 21 unrest left around 40 people wounded, according to Gaza’s Hamas rulers, including a 32-yearold Palestinian man who died on Wednesday.

An Israeli police officer was shot, and remains in a critical condition. The Israeli army said it had responded with live fire and other measures to Palestinian “rioters”.