Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the
Gaza Strip, reported that one youth died of wounds sustained on
November 6, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The youth was identified as Mahmoud Hamada, 18. He was in critical condition at a Beit Hanoun hospital after the army shelled Beit Hanoun last Monday, and was pronounced dead on Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, an eighteen-year old boy who was critically injured in Wednesday's shelling died today of his injuries, making the death toll since the invasion started last week reach 75, one-third of whom are children.
Eighteen civilians were killed in Beit Hanoun of Wednesday after the army shelled civilian houses, another child was killed Sunday by the ongoing Israeli shelling of the town.
Medical sources reported that a group of students were targeted by the Israeli shelling on Sunday, in the western part of Beit Hanoun, near Balsam Hospital.
One was blown to pieces, and was eventually identified as Mousa Ahmed Zahd, 14, from Al Shaima' area in Beit Lahiya. Two other boys in the crowd were severely injured. They were identified as Abdullah Abu Namous, 17, and Ramzi Ibrahim, 22.
