(JTA) — A Palestinian man was shot dead in the northern Gaza Strip during riots near the border with Israel.

The 25-year-old man was shot in the head during the riots, in which hundreds of people participated, according to Ynet. Neither that news site nor the Maan Palestinian news agency reported the man’s name.

Last month, 17 people were killed in riots around the fence, which preceded a call by Hamas officials for protesters against Israel to reach the barrier.

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However, the number of terrorist attacks on Israelis dropped in March to 136 incidents compared to 149 incident the previous month, the Israel Security Agency said in its monthly report on March.

However, the attacks in March resulted in a relatively high number of casualties: Three fatalities and nine victims injured.