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Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Snipers Shoot, Wound 30 unarmed Peaceful Palestinian Protesters on Gaza Side of Border

Maan News Agency 03/23/2019

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — At least 30 Palestinians were shot and injured, while dozens of others suffered from tear-gas inhalation, as Israeli forces suppressed protesters along the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Friday. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that 30 Palestinians were shot and injured with Israeli live fire, while dozens of others suffered from tear-gas inhalation, including a number of health workers.

The ministry stressed that Israeli forces targeted and opened fire towards medical trauma stabilization points and ambulances, east of al-Breij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Israeli forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets, and tear-gas bombs during the protest.

Thousands of Palestinians gathered alongside the eastern borders of Gaza to participate in the 51st Great March of Return protests in attempt to break the ongoing Israeli siege.

“The Great March of Return” protests were launched on March 30th by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza — which has suffered from a decade-long Israeli siege — who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees to their original homelands, now in present-day Israel.

Via Ma’an News Agency

Filed Under: Israel/ Palestine

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Maan News Agency is one of the largest wire services operating out of the Palestinian territories, publishing news 24 hours a day in Arabic, Hebrew and English. Follow them at @MaanNewsAgency

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