Thirty-one-year-old Mahmoud al-Masri was killed in clashes along Israeli-Gaza border amidst a show of rage over the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Israeli army confirmed it had shot two people along the border, accusing them of being "main instigators" of "violent riots." The Palestinian health ministry confirmed Masri had died in southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis.
A second unnamed victim was initially reported to be killed along the northern Gaza border. The Palestinian health ministry has since retracted their statement, confirming the individual is in critical condition instead.
Thousands took to the streets in Gaza and marched Friday to denounce President Donald Trump's proclamation. Three Palestinians were wounded by live ammunition and 12 were hit by rubber-coated steel pellets, according to Red Crescent paramedics and health officials.
Dozens more suffered from tear gas inhalation, medics said.
In the West Bank, hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces in the cities of Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah while thousands protested following midday prayers.
Demonstrators torched heaps of tires, sending columns of thick black smoke rising over the cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem. Palestinian stone-throwers traded volleys in the streets with soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
In Jerusalem, thousands of Palestinians rallied outside Al-Aqsa Mosque, a flashpoint site in the holy city.
Israeli police deployed reinforcements in and around Jerusalem's Old City ahead of Friday prayers, though Israel did not impose age restrictions on Muslim worshippers to access Al-Aqsa, the city's most sacred Islamic site - a measure common during flare-ups of tensions. (The Daily Star)
Meanwhile protests against Trump's decision took place around the world.
Jordanians have chanted "Jerusalem is Arab," at a march that took place in the center of the capital of Amman following Friday mosque prayers.
The demonstrators raised posters showing Jordan's King Abdullah II and the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site. They chanted, "America is the head of the snake."
Similar demonstrations took place in Istanbul.
Chanting slogans including "Jerusalem is ours and will remain so!" and "down with America, down with Israel," the protesters marched after prayers at the Ottoman Fatih mosque in the centre of Istanbul, the correspondent added.
"We consider Jerusalem as the bastion of the Muslim community ... We are here to show our unity and our strength. Nobody can deter us," said protester Doguhan, 17.
Muslims across Pakistan have rallied against President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Friday's rallied were organized by radical Islamic groups in Islamabad and elsewhere in the country, where protesters torched effigies of Trump to express solidarity with the Palestinians.
Three Palestinians, two of them in Gaza, were wounded by live ammunition and 12 were hit by rubber-coated steel pellets, according to Red Crescent paramedics and health officials.
Dozens more suffered from tear gas inhalation, medics said.
The protesters marched on the streets and roads, chanting "Down with America" and "Down with Israel."
Rallies took place in the port city of Karachi, Pakistan's largest, and also in Multan and Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab province.
Iranian worshippers rallied in the capital, Tehran, and chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel."
In Afghanistan, over 1,000 staged protests following Friday prayers in Kabul.
The protesters, holding banners reading "Death to Israel" and "Death to America", burned effigies of Trump as well as American and Israeli flags in the center of the Afghan capital.
A few dozen tried to reach the heavily-barricaded US embassy, but were quickly pushed back by Afghan security forces well before reaching it.
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