Palestinian with Special Needs Dies of Injuries

Rasa - A Palestinian with special needs died Monday of injuries he sustained last month when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at Palestinian protesters East of Khan Younis, South of Gaza Strip.

News ID: 441409

Date: 07 November 2018 - 12:28

RNA - Medical sources announced that Ghanem Sharab, 44, was receiving treatment in the European Hospital where he succumbs to his wounds, Palinfo reported.

Sharab was shot by an explosive bullet in his left leg as he was participating in the March of Return protests on 19 October.

For more than six months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated along the fence demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from 70 years ago. The Great March of Return rallies culminated on May 15 to mark what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, or Catastrophe - a reference to the forced removal of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and villages to clear the way for Israel's establishment in 1948.

Nearly 230 Palestinians have been killed and over 23,000 others injured by Israeli forces since the outbreak of the Great March of Return rallies at Gaza border in late March.

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

847/940