Boy, 4, killed on Gaza border

A four-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being injured by the Israeli occupation army along the Gaza border, the health ministry in Gaza said.

“Ahmad Abu Abed, aged four years and eight months, died as a result of the wounds he received last Friday east of Khan Younis,” health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra said in a statement.

The statement did not provide further details on how the child was injured.