Israeli forces kill Palestinian, injure scores of others
BINTANGNEWS.com – Israeli
forces have killed a young Palestinian man taking part in anti-occupation
protests at the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied
territories.
Israeli forces also left 312 people
wounded, four of whom are in a critical condition.
Tensions have been running high near
the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed
“The Great March of Return.” Palestinian protesters demand the right to return
for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak
on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of
Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US
embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the
ministry, said on Friday that Israeli fire had taken the lives of more than 180
Palestinians since March 30. Over 20,100 Palestinians have also sustained
injuries.
On June 13, the United Nations General
Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning
Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege
since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented
unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars
on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended
in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly
2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.***
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