A Palestinian youth succumbed to the wounds he suffered during Friday clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in eastern Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip.

Gaza Health Ministry Spokesman said Jihad Ebeid, 22, succumbed to his wounds in Gaza European Hospital, rising the number of martyrs in Gaza to seven while the injured reached 145.

Scores of Palestinian youths gathered after Friday prayers in the surroundings of Nahel Oz site in eastern Gaza, raising the Palestinian flags and denouncing the Israeli crimes in Al Quds and the West Bank.

The Israeli occupation forces directly opened fire at the Palestinian youths who hurled stones at them.

Source: MENA