Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers during protests at the Gaza border on Friday, according to Palestinian health officials.
The teenagers killed on Friday were named as 14-year-old Hassan Shalabi and 18-year-old Hamza Ishtiwi. Officials said the youngest was the son of a niece of Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh.
The health ministry said 17 other protesters were wounded.
Israel’s military said troops had opened fire on Friday in response to explosives and rocks hurled at the border fence.
Palestinians have been staging weekly protests at the border of Gaza, an area controlled by the militant group Hamas, since March last year. They are demanding an end to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the enclave.