+30 Palestinians Shot, Injured as Israeli Forces Attack Peaceful Rally Along Gaza Borders

Rasa - At least 33 Palestinians were shot and injured with live fire, including one seriously, and others suffocated as Israeli forces attacked Palestinians who took part in the 'Great March of Return' protests along the barbed-wire fence, according to medical sources.

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Date: 09 December 2018 - 10:44

RNA - Israeli forces used live and rubber-coated steel bullets against Palestinians protesting peacefully at the Gaza-Israeli borders to the East of the Gaza Strip, shooting and injuring at least 33 people; one reported in critical condition, WAFA reported.

A number others suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired by the forces. They were all treated at the scene.

For more than seven 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 240 Palestinian protesters have been killed and more than 24,000 Palestinians 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 Palestinians marking 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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