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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot and injured at least 20 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old, during protests alongside the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday afternoon.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that 20 Palestinians, including a minor, were shot and injured by Israeli forces on the 47th Friday of "The Great March of Return" protests.

Israeli forces opened live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas bombs to suppress protesters.

The ministry added that a 15-year-old Palestinian boy arrived to the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital with a critical injury in the chest; the boy was injured with a live bullet in the chest in eastern al-Breij refugee camp.

A 29-year-old woman was also injured with shrapnel in her head and was transferred to the same hospital for treatment, where her injury was reported as moderate.

A Ma'an reporter said that Israeli forces also targeted journalists with live fire and tear-gas bombs, injuring photojournalist Muhammad al-Zanoun with a live bullet while covering protests in eastern Gaza City.

According to the ministry's latest numbers, 266 Palestinians, including more than 45 children, were killed by Israeli forces while more than 23,000 were injured during the protests along the Gaza border.