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Teenager among 3 Palestinians killed in Gaza protest

October 6, 2018 GMT

              Israeli peace activists hold a banner during a protest on Israel Gaza border, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Writing in Hebrew reads "Free Gaza ghetto". (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli peace activists hold a banner during a protest on Israel Gaza border, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Writing in Hebrew reads "Free Gaza ghetto". (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Israeli peace activists hold a banner during a protest on Israel Gaza border, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. Writing in Hebrew reads "Free Gaza ghetto". (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, as thousands of people protested along the fence dividing the Gaza Strip and Israel.

The ministry said the boy was struck in the chest, a 24-year-old man was shot in the back and another man, 28, succumbed to his wounds at hospital Friday.

It added that 126 protesters were wounded by live fire.

Responding to calls by Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, thousands of Palestinians thronged five areas along the fence, burning tires, throwing rocks and chanting slogans against a stifling Israeli-Egyptian blockade on the territory.

The Israeli military said about 20,000 protesters participated. They threw explosive devices and grenades toward the troops which used tear gas and live fire to, it added.