JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last week died of his injuries on Monday, the Israel police announced.
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Barel Hadaria Shmueli, 21, suffered critical injuries when he was shot in the head by a Palestinian gunman on Aug. 21 during a demonstration staged by Hamas, the Islamic militant group ruling the Gaza Strip. He was hospitalized for more than a week in critical condition.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expressed his condolences, saying “there aren’t sufficient words to console the family in its deep mourning.”
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To his family – Hamakom yenachaim eschem b’soch shar av’lai tzion v’yereshalaiyim.