Gaza teenager shot by IDF dies from wounds

Adnan Abu Khater, 16, was in group of Palestinians who tampered with border fence near Jabaliya

Palestinians retreat from the border fence between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip as an IDF patrol approaches in 2012. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)
Palestinians retreat from the border fence between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip as an IDF patrol approaches in 2012. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)

A teenager shot by Israeli troops in Gaza died of his wounds, Palestinian medical sources said.

The 16-year-old died Friday afternoon from gunshot wounds sustained Thursday after he and several other Palestinians approached the security fence separating Israel from the Gaza Strip, according to a report Friday on Israel Radio, and tried to damage it.

The teenager was identified by the Ma’an news agency as Adnan Abu Khater. He was shot near a section of the border fence near Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the report.

Separately, the Israel Air Force struck four targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday in retaliation for the shooting of a rocket Thursday from Gaza to the western Negev region. No one was hurt in the explosion.

The IDF Spokesperson unit said in statement the strikes targeted three rocket launchers in the northern strip and another target in the central strip which the IDF termed part of terrorist infrastructure.

There were no reports of casualties in the air strikes.

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