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15 May 2011
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At approximately 4pm on Sunday 15 May 2011, medical sources found the dead body of Khamis Salah Mohammed Habeeb, 17, near the Nahal Oz crossing east of Al Shaja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.
Medical sources at the Shifa Hospital reported that the child had sustained shrapnel wounds in the face and the head.
They also found a big wound in his chest with an exit in the back.
According to information collected by Al Mezan, Residents of that area said that they heard gun fire from the Israeli occupation forces at approximately 11:30pm on Saturday 14 May 2011.
Habeeb suffered from mental disorders.
He lived in Jabalia town in North Gaza district.
The circumstances of his death have remained unknown.
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