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		</div><p>A third young Palestinian has died as tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the Israeli border to mark the first anniversary of weekly demos in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>Gaza&#8217;s health ministry said Tamer Abu el-Khair, 17, was shot in the chest in the southern city of Khan Younis and died in hospital.</p>
<p>Earlier on Saturday, Adham Amara, 17, was hit in the face by Israeli gunfire and died in a protest camp in east Gaza City.</p>
<p>At dawn, before the protests began, Mohammed Saad, 21, was hit in the head by shrapnel and died.</p>
<p>The health ministry said 64 protesters have been injured by live fire.</p>
<p>As the crowds swelled throughout the afternoon in response to Gaza&#8217;s Hamas rulers&#8217; calls for a large participation, dozens of protesters approached the fence, unfurling Palestinian flags and throwing rocks and explosives towards Israeli troops.</p>
<p>The protest came at a sensitive time for Israel and Hamas.</p>
<p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking his fourth consecutive term in April 9 elections, but is facing a serious challenge from a group of ex-army chiefs who have criticised what they say is his failed Gaza policy.</p>
<p>In the final stretch of the campaign, he needs to keep the Israel-Gaza frontier quiet, without seeming to make concessions to Hamas.</p>
<p>He took heavy criticism this week for what was seen as a soft response to renewed rocket fire out of Gaza.</p>
<p>Hamas faces growing unrest in Gaza as a result of worsening conditions after more than a decade of Israeli and Egyptian border closures.</p>
<p>The fence protests, which began exactly a year ago, have been aimed in large part at breaking the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza.</p>
<p>Protest organisers say the weekly event will continue into a second year and proposed one for next Friday.</p>
<p>That comes despite an announcement by Hamas on Saturday afternoon that Egypt, mediating between the militant group and Israel, has brokered a deal to ease Gaza&#8217;s blockade in exchange for calm.</p>
<p>The emerging deal would see Israel allow more goods into Gaza, expanding its fishing zone off the coast and other economic incentives.</p>
<p>But Hamas says the marches will continue until the closure is fully lifted.</p>
<p><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GazaStripProtestSoldiersMar2019_large.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-129142" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GazaStripProtestSoldiersMar2019_large.jpg" alt="Gaza, Soldiers, Israel, Hamas" width="600" height="338" /></a>The Israeli military estimated 30,000 Palestinians were gathered at the marches on Saturday.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The rioters are hurling rocks and setting tyres on fire. In addition, a number of grenades and explosive devices have been hurled at the Gaza Strip security fence,&#8221;</em> it said in a statement.</p>
<p>It added that soldiers were responding with &#8220;riot dispersal means&#8221; and firing in line with standard procedures.</p>
<p>According to a Gaza rights group, 196 Palestinians have been killed in the demonstrations over the past year, including 41 minors, and thousands were wounded by live fire.</p>
<p>An Israeli soldier was also killed in the context of the marches.</p>
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