A third Palestinian in Gaza died on Monday in a Gaza hospital after he was infected with A/H1N1 virus, Palestinian doctors said, Xinhua reported.
The third case is a child, the doctors told Xinhua, without giving details.
Earlier on Monday, Hassan Khalaf, director general of Health Ministry of deposed Hamas government in Gaza told reporters that two cases died in a Gaza hospital of the same virus, adding that five people are still hospitalized.
The latest death case in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip brought the death toll of A/H1N1 flu to 12 in the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and Gaza.
In the West Bank and Gaza, there are more than 1,200 patients of the flu, many of them have recovered.
On Sunday, Hamas announced first five A/H1N1 cases in the impoverished enclave, adding that two of them were in critical conditions.
The ministry of health in Ramallah decided to send immediately to the Gaza Strip 2,000 vaccines.
Gaza reports third A/H1N1 flu death: Medics
