Israeli Forces Kill Seven Palestinians, Injure 500 Others at Gaza Border

Rasa - At least seven Palestinians were killed and 500 others injured by live bullets or suffocated from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked the Great March of Return protests at Gaza-Israel border, according to the Ministry of Health.

News ID: 440770

Date: 30 September 2018 - 15:32

RNA - The forces fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at the protesters who gathered at many encampments along the border, killing Mohammad Ali Inshasi, 18, Mohammad Walid Haniya, 24, Mohammad Ashraf Awawdeh, 23, Mohammad Nayef al-Houm, 14, and Iyad Khalil Shaer, 18, Mohammad Ali Inshasi, 18, and Mohammad Bassam Shakhsa, 24. Over 500 protesters were also injured, WAFA reported.

More than 193 Palestinians have been killed and over 20,000 others injured by Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Great March of Return rallies at Gaza border on March 30.

Most of the casualties occurred on May 14 when Palestinians marked the 70th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of historical Palestine and the ensuing ethnic cleansing of half a million Palestinian refugees.

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