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GAZA, Nov 27 (KUNA) -- Thirty-three Palestinian youths sustained bullet wounds or suffocated during clashes with the Israeli forces in several part of Gaza Strip on Friday.
The clashes took place near Nahal Oz crossing point, to the east of Gaza City, where 17 Palestinians were injured, north Gaza, where nine wounded persons were admitted to Kamal Adwan hospital, the central Al-Breij area where five others were wounded, and the southern Khan Yunis where two youths were injured.
Four youths were shot in their legs and five others suffered suffocation due to tear gas inhalation, spokesman of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf Al-Qodrah told reporters.
The clashes follow calls by Palestinian factions to escalate the confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza Strip in solidarity with the ongoing Palestinian uprising in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. (end)
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