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A Palestinian footballer player has had his playing career destroyed by an Israeli sniper's bullet which hit him in the knee.

The shocking moment was captured on mobile phone footage.

A video - posted online by a journalist in Gaza - purports to show sportsman Mohammed Khalil, of Al-Salah FC, recording himself walking peacefully along before falling to the floor in agony.

According to local reports, Khalil was shot in the leg, destroying his knee and his career.

The bullet is alleged to have been fired by a sniper as the young man walked along the Israeli border on Friday.

Palestinian journalist Mohammed Kareem posted the video online, with the comment: "My friend and the Palestinian footballer Mohammed Khalil, a player in Al-Salah FC, was shot in his knee by an Israeli sniper while he was protesting peacefully in the Great Return March.

"That racist terrorist bullet put an end to his football career."

(Image: @vic2pal/Twitter)

Kareem said he visited Khalil at his home after the attack.

He told local news agencies his friend had been hit with an explosive type of ammunition known as "the butterfly".

According to Dr Basem Naim, former Health Minister of the Gaza Strip, there have been hundreds of cases like Khalil's.

The bullet is reported to have entered the footballer's knee before passing through and emerging, hitting the other knee and breaking it.

The first knee is completely ruined and will need to be surgically replaced, while the second will take a few months to heal.

(Image: @vic2pal/Twitter)

The video was reportedly filmed on the same day Palestinian teenager Abdul Fattah Abd al-Nabi was gunned down during a protest on the Gaza strip.

A distressing video showing the 18-year-old's killing has been shared around the world, prompting claims by the Israeli Defence Force that he was armed.

But Abdul's brother Mohamed Abdul Nabi, 22, said the teenager was not carrying a weapon when he was shot.