Thousands of Palestinians marched Wednesday in the funeral of the 4-year-old child Yasser Abu Abed

Yasser Abu Abed who succumbed to his wounds after being shot last week by Israeli soldiers east of Khan Younis to the south of Gaza Strip.

The funeral procession kicked off from his family house towards the local cemetery.

Abu Abed died of injuries he sustained last Friday during the Great March of Return protests staged at the Gaza border.

According to data by the Health Ministry, more than 220 Palestinians, including 34 children and five women and girls, were killed and 24,000 others left injured since March 30 in Israeli attacks on peaceful protesters at the Gaza border.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center