Mourners carry the body of Razan al-Najjar during her funeral in the southern Gaza Strip City of Khan Yunis, on June 2, 2018. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
GAZA, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of outraged Palestinian mourners buried on Saturday a female paramedic who was shot dead by Israeli gunfire close to Gaza's border with Israel.
Wrapped with a Palestinian flag and carried on the shoulders of mourners, Razan al-Najjar, 21, who volunteered as a paramedic treating Palestinian protesters injured by Israeli gunfire, was buried in a cemetery east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.
Jawad Awwad, Palestinian Authority minister of health, described the Israeli killing of al-Najjar as a "war crime," which "reflects the Israeli army's determination to violate all international conventions on protecting paramedics."
"Al-Najjar paid her life for saving and rescuing the children of her people," said Awwad, hailing her "a brave young woman."
At least 119 Palestinians, including the female paramedic and 13 children, have been killed by Israeli fire since March 30, the first day of the ongoing Palestinian anti-Israel "Great March of Return" rally.
During the funeral of al-Najjar, the mourners waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans of revenge for the death of Al-Najjar and other Palestinian demonstrators in the mass rally.
After the funeral, dozens of mourners rushed to the border area east of Khan Younis, cut the barbed wires of the security fence with Israel and seized a tear gas canister launcher on the roof of an Israeli army vehicle.
Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the health ministry in Gaza, said 15 demonstrators were shot and wounded in the clashes, in which eyewitnesses said Israeli border soldiers opened fire and dispersed Palestinian protesters back into Gaza.