<p class="title">A Palestinian teenager died on Thursday after being hit by Israeli tank fire on the Gaza border, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdel Fattah Abu Azoum, 17, was hit in the head earlier on Thursday near Rafah in southern Gaza, the ministry said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Israeli army said he and a companion were seeking to breach the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Troops identified two terrorists who were crawling towards the security fence in an attempt to cross it from the southern Gaza Strip into Israel," it said in a statement, adding that a tank fired upon them in response.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The army said firebombs had been found at the scene.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Palestinian witnesses confirmed the two were seeking to breach the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Palestinian medics said the other escaped with minor injuries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since protests broke out along the Gaza border on March 30, at least 135 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The majority were involved in protests but others have been seeking to breach or damage the border fence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">No Israelis have been killed.</p>
<p class="title">A Palestinian teenager died on Thursday after being hit by Israeli tank fire on the Gaza border, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdel Fattah Abu Azoum, 17, was hit in the head earlier on Thursday near Rafah in southern Gaza, the ministry said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Israeli army said he and a companion were seeking to breach the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Troops identified two terrorists who were crawling towards the security fence in an attempt to cross it from the southern Gaza Strip into Israel," it said in a statement, adding that a tank fired upon them in response.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The army said firebombs had been found at the scene.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Palestinian witnesses confirmed the two were seeking to breach the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Palestinian medics said the other escaped with minor injuries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since protests broke out along the Gaza border on March 30, at least 135 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The majority were involved in protests but others have been seeking to breach or damage the border fence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">No Israelis have been killed.</p>