On Friday, four Palestinian protesters were killed by Israeli forces. One of them was Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, a Palestinian from Gaza who lost both of his legs in an Israeli airstrike in 2008.
In video footage recorded early on Friday, Abu Thuraya could be seen carrying the Palestinian flag and waving the victory sign at Israeli soldiers across the border.
"I want to go there," he says, referring to the other side of the border, as a number of young men surrounding him also waved Palestinian flags, while others threw stones towards the troops.
"This land is our land, we will not give up. America has to withdraw its decision," Abu Thurayeh said in another video posted on social media.
He was shot in the head on Friday during protests and died with a Palestinian flag in his hands.
Many knew little about him, but many are now mourning their new-found Palestinian icon.
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Artists quickly paid a tribute to him:
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