Gaza – Ma‘an – Palestinian boy, Abdur Rahman Ismael, aged 17, died on Monday after his health deteriorated at the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
Director of ambulances and emergencies in the Palestinian ministry of health, Dr Muawiya Hassanein, said that the corpse will be transported through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom Crossing.
Dr Hassanein added that Ismael was suffering from cancer and that the death toll amongst Gazans that have been stranded at the Rafah Crossing has now reached 32.