Gaza protest death toll rises to 3

A Palestinian hit by Israeli fire during protests on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, raising the previous day's death toll to three, GAZA Health Ministry reported.

The health ministry identified the dead man as Ahmad Abu Lolo, 40-year-old, was wounded in the pelvis.

He was along with other 300 Palestinians wounded by Israeli bullets during the Friday's confrontations in the southern city Rafah, Ashraf al-Qoudra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza said.

The ministry added other two Palestinians were killed on Friday including a volunteer medic Abdullah al-Qatati, 21 years old, who was shot dead in heart.

It added that the nature of injuries proved that the Israeli forces have shot on purpose the victims in sensitive killing parts of their bodies.

It called on the international community and its legal and humanitarian institutions to work on stopping the Israeli continuous violations against the Palestinian civilians.

The border confrontations continued despite a calm deal was announced by Hamas Islamic movement to end rocket fire into Israel and air strikes on the Gaza Strip getting into force around Thursday midnight.

The Israeli side hasn't confirmed the deal.

According to the Health Ministry, at least 167 Palestinians have been killed, including three medical volunteers, and more than 18,000 wounded, along with 70 ambulances damaged since the "Great March of Return" protests erupted on March 30.