Hassan Nofal

February 13, 2019: Hassan Nofal, 17, succumbed to wounds sustained the previous Friday, when he was shot and injured by Israeli forces, during the Great March of Return protests along the border area, to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip.

Medical sources at at Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah  announced, according to WAFA, that Hassan Nofal, age 17, from al-Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, succumbed to serious injuries he sustained late Friday, after being shot by Israeli forces as he participated in the Great March of Return protests, to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp.

Six others, including two seriously, were also injured by Israeli forces’ gunfire at the protests on the day Hassan was wounded. They were transferred to hospital for medical treatment.

Hassan was from al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC