### [2018-04-3](/feed/2018/04/3/index.md)

##### 2018 Gaza border protests
# The death toll rises to eighteen. 




### Sources:

1. [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/palestinian-dies-of-wounds-bringing-gaza-death-toll-to-18/2018/04/02/d6e467f0-3653-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html?utm_term=.f017bf19913d)

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