Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 30, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 30, 2021
Soldier shot in head during Gaza border riot dies of wounds
Border Police officer Barel Shmueli who was critically wounded in a shooting on the Gaza border, on August 21, 2021. He died of his injuries on August 30. (Border Police)
Barel Shmueli, a Border Police officer critically wounded after being shot in the head during recent rioting on the Gaza border, has died.
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba says in a statement that despite numerous surgeries, “because of the serious wound, the [medical] team was forced to pronounce his death.”
It adds that it “shares in the family’s deep sorrow.”
