Four Palestinians Killed, +600 Wounded by Israeli Forces in Gaza

Rasa - The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Friday shot and killed four Palestinians, including a child, and injured more than 600 others as they continue to crack down the peaceful protests along the Eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

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Date: 09 June 2018 - 22:24

RNA - 14-year-old Haitham al-Jamal, Ziad Bureim, 25, Imad Abu Darabi, 21, and Youssef Fassih, 29, were killed by Israeli soldiers during the Friday's rallies in the Gaza Strip, Middle East News reported.

At least 618 Palestinians were also injured during the demonstrations.

Five journalists were among the injured including the correspondent of Radio Al-Aqsa Voice and the photographer of the Agence France-Presse, who was shot in his foot by Israeli soldiers at the border to the East of Gaza City.

Palestinian health ministry has also reported that Palestinian ambulances and medical teams were directly targeted during the ongoing protests.

Since morning hours, Palestinians have gathered along the Gaza Eastern borders for the 11th consecutive Friday to participate in ongoing rallies against Israel’s decades-long occupation.

Since the start of the rallies in late March, some 130 Palestinians have been killed and at least 14,000 injured along the fence in Gaza.

The Amnesty International has also stressed that the attacks on Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip are “willful killings constituting war crimes", while the UN Human Rights Council has also decided to urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations and abuses which may amount to war crimes in the occupied Gaza Strip.

The violence was condemned by rights groups and most UN Security Council members, with even the US’ closest allies refusing to stand by Washington’s support for Tel Aviv.

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