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.
#Pictures of thousands of Gazans participating in the 51st Fraiday " Marches are our Choice " of the peaceful demonstration Great Return March#GreatReturnMarch pic.twitter.com/DjvCKM96pO
— Great Return March (@GreatReturnMa) March 22, 2019
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.
GAZA|| another Palestinian, shot and murdered by the Israeli occupation gunfire east of Gaza near the Gaza-Israel separation fence, during the ongoing massive demonstrations .#GreatReturnMarch
— Great Return March (@GreatReturnMa) March 22, 2019
Thousands of Palestinians gathered alongside the eastern borders of Gaza to participate in the 51st Great March of Return protests in an 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.
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