Child Among Two Palestinian Killed in Gaza Border Protests

Gaza, MINA – Two Palestinian civilians were killed and 246 others injured by the Israeli occupation forces who opened fire at peaceful protesters on the 18th Friday of the Great March of Return.

Spokesman for Gaza’s Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qedra said that the martyrs are Majdi al-Satari, 14, and Ghazi Abu Mustafa, 43, PIC reported.

According to al-Qedra, 19 children, 6 paramedics and a journalist are among the injured. About 11 protesters are in a critical condition.

The PIC reporter said that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at a group of Palestinian youths east of Gaza city with no casualties reported.

Palestinian youths participating in the protests burned dozens of car tires in an attempt to block the view of Israeli snipers stationed at the border fence.

The Great March of Return was launched in Gaza on 30th March in five camps set up along Gaza’s border with the 1948 occupied territories.

The March mainly calls for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza, and demands the Palestinian refugees’ right of return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated in the relevant UN resolutions.

Since the start of the Great March of Return, 160 Palestinians have been killed, including 18 children, and 16,750 injured.(R/R04/RS5)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)